bulla
Americannoun
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a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
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an ancient Roman pendant, consisting of a rounded box containing an amulet.
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Pathology. a large vesicle.
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Zoology. a blisterlike or bubblelike prominence of a bone, as that of the tympanic bone in the skull of certain mammals.
noun
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a leaden seal affixed to a papal bull, having a representation of Saints Peter and Paul on one side and the name of the reigning pope on the other
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an ancient Roman rounded metal or leather box containing an amulet, worn around the neck
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pathol another word for blister
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anatomy a rounded bony projection
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bulla
1840–50; < Latin: bubble, also stud, boss, knob (whence Medieval Latin bulla official seal)
Example Sentences
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The accident took place in the Angostura municipality Tuesday, when a wall collapsed at a mine known as Bulla Loca, which can only be reached by an hours-long boat ride.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Marshall: Our friend Dan Bulla is a writer there who we love.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023
The group will appear Friday at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on a bill that also includes the bullerengue collective Bulla en el Barrio.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022
Konrad is only the third Austrian to win a stage at cycling’s biggest race after Max Bulla, who won three in 1931, and Georg Totschnig in 2005.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021
I went up there about the third hour yesterday morning, to view the show Bulla had promised me.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
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