vesiculation

2 definitions found

vesiculation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vesiculation \Ve*sic`u*la"tion\, n. (Geol.)
     The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which
     vesicles are formed.
     [1913 Webster]

vesiculation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vesiculation
      n 1: the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin [syn:
           vesiculation, vesication, blistering]