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Acantholysis vs Vesicle - What's the difference?

acantholysis | vesicle |

As nouns the difference between acantholysis and vesicle

is that acantholysis is (medicine) the loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris while vesicle is (cytology) a membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.

acantholysis

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia acantholysis)
  • (medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.

    • Derived terms

    * acantholytic

    References

    vesicle

    English

    (wikipedia vesicle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
  • A small bladder-like cell or cavity.
  • (anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
  • (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
  • (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
    • It frequently contains holes, or vesicles , especially nearer the surface of a flow where gas has escaped.

    Related terms

    * vesica * vesication * vesiculation