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bursa
1[ bur-suh ]
noun
, plural bur·sae [bur, -see], bur·sas.
- Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
Bursa
2[ boor-sah ]
noun
- a city in NW Turkey in Asia: a former capital of the Ottoman Empire.
bursa
1/ ˈbɜːsə /
noun
- a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints
- zoology any saclike cavity or structure
Bursa
2/ ˈbɜːsə /
noun
- a city in NW Turkey: founded in the 2nd century bc ; seat of Bithynian kings. Pop: 1 413 000 (2005 est) Former nameBrusa
bursa
/ bûr′sə /
, Plural bursae bûr′sē
- A flattened sac containing a lubricating fluid that reduces friction between two moving structures in the body, as a tendon and a bone.
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Derived Forms
- ˈbursal, adjective
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Other Words From
- bursal adjective
- bur·sate [bur, -seyt], adjective
- post·bursal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bursa1
First recorded in 1795–1805; from New Latin, Late Latin bursa “bag, pouch, purse,” from Greek býrsa “hide, leather”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bursa1
C19: from Medieval Latin: bag, pouch, from Greek: skin, hide; see purse
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Example Sentences
The chief of this caravan was called Hoyarbarach; he was a native of Bursa, and one of its principal inhabitants.
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She came up out of the stern like some hibernating brown animal of the bursa family.
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The navicular bone and bursa and the tendon of the perforans also suffer from the effects of compression.
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The tissues of the bone and bursa are insufficiently nourished, and the secretion of synovia lessened.
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Here the plantar aponeurosis, the navicular bursa, the navicular bone itself, or the pedal articulation may be injured.
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