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n. - The formation of small sacs or cysts, especially containing fluid.

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  • With a common designation these diseases are called spongioform encephalopathies because of the vesiculation that occurs in brain cells showing pathologic changes.
  • Phosphorus burns on the skin are deep and painful; a firm eschar is produced and is surrounded by vesiculation.
  • In some cases the lesions may become pustular and, on the other hand, the eruption may be abortive, stopping short of full vesiculation.
  • The lesions begin as red spots, discrete or in groups, rapidly exhibit vesiculation, and later umbilication; the contents become milky, dry to crusts, which fall off and...
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