Vésicale

Vésicale is a French medical adjective meaning related to the urinary bladder (vessie). It is the feminine form of the adjective vésical; masculine forms are used before masculine nouns (for example, système vésical, muscle vésical), while the feminine form vésicale is used before feminine nouns (for example, cavité vésicale, tumeur vésicale, paroi vésicale). The term derives from Latin vesica via the medical Latin vesicalis.

In medical usage, vésicale appears in descriptions of anatomy, pathology, and procedures concerning the bladder. Examples include cavité vésicale (bladder cavity), paroi vésicale (bladder wall), and tumeur vésicale (bladder tumor). The compound form vesico- is also common in French medical terminology for bladder-related concepts, as in examen vesico-urinaire or fistule vésicale.

Vésicale is commonly employed in clinical and anatomical contexts to specify that a structure, condition, or intervention concerns the bladder. It is used alongside the noun’s gender to ensure agreement in French grammar. The English counterpart is vesical, and in French the word is closely related to vessie, the noun for the bladder itself.

See also: vessie, vésical, vesico-, bladder-related terms in medical French.