Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sac or saclike bodily cavity, especially one containing a viscous lubricating fluid and located between a tendon and a bone or at points of friction between moving structures.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Brassicaceæ. See
Capsella and shepherd's-purse. - noun In anatomy and zoology, a pouch, sac, or vesicle: variously applied with a qualifying term.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy Any of the many small
fluid -filledsacs located at the point where amuscle ortendon slides acrossbone . These sacs serve to reducefriction between the two moving surfaces.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
- noun a city in northwestern Turkey
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The spermatheca (also called the bursa copulatrix) is an organ that can't be exchanged, while a spermatophore is a packet of sperm that is given to a slug's (or a snail's) partner during mating and may or may not be stored in the spermatheca.
How a glaring error of mine was corrected a year later AYDIN 2008
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The observations made by Dr. Brauell, the first Continental writer to fully describe the disease, led him to the statement that neither the bone nor the bursa was the
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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The peritoneal cavity gives off a large diverticulum, the omental bursa, which is situated behind the stomach and adjoining structures; the neck of communication between the cavity and the bursa is termed the epiploic foramen (foramen of Winslow).
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Our guess is that it is a Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa, which is profiled on the Featured Creatures website.
What's That Bug? online 2010
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A further op was needed in 2008 when a scan revealed that a sac of fluid called a bursa and a bundle of tangled nerves called a neuroma had developed at the stump.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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A further op was needed in 2008 when a scan revealed that a sac of fluid called a bursa and a bundle of tangled nerves called a neuroma had developed at the stump.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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A bursa is a fluid filled sac that allows extra protection for the tendons on motion between two uneven surfaces.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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Shoulder Pain Exercises That Helped to Fix My Shoulder The bursa is a sac of fluid that helps to protect the shoulder joint as it moves.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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BrainyBabe commented on the word bursa
From New Dictionary of Farrier Terms and Technical Language by Dave Millwater.
A membrane sac that holds synovial fluid to lubricate moving parts in horse's legs.Example: Navicular Bursa
December 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the word bursa
Then there's the occupational hazard bursar's bursa, something akin to housemaid's knee.
December 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word bursa
I presume the callousing is preferable to a burst bursar's bursa.
December 30, 2008
dontcry commented on the word bursa
There's an ursa joke in there somewhere...too lazy to find it...
December 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bursa
Not just in horse's legs. *rubbing bursitic shoulder*
January 1, 2009
bilby commented on the word bursa
Indonesian - stock exchange.
October 6, 2009