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bursa

1 American  
[bur-suh] / ˈbɜr sə /

noun

plural

bursae, bursas

  1. Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.

Bursa 2 American  
[boor-sah] / burˈsɑ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Turkey in Asia: a former capital of the Ottoman Empire.

bursa 1 British  
/ ˈbɜːsə /

noun

  1. a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints

  2. zoology any saclike cavity or structure

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Bursa 2 British  
/ ˈbɜːsə /

noun

  1. Former name: Brusa.  a city in NW Turkey: founded in the 2nd century bc ; seat of Bithynian kings. Pop: 1 413 000 (2005 est)

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bursa Scientific  
/ bûr′sə /

plural

bursae

  1. A flattened sac containing a lubricating fluid that reduces friction between two moving structures in the body, as a tendon and a bone.

bursa Cultural  

  1. A fluid-filled sac or cavity that reduces friction between the bones, ligaments, and tendons in the body's joints.

Other Word Forms

  • bursal adjective
  • bursate adjective
  • postbursal adjective

Etymology

Origin of bursa

First recorded in 1795–1805; from New Latin, Late Latin bursa “bag, pouch, purse,” from Greek býrsa “hide, leather”

Example Sentences

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McVay said a few days later that a bursa sac in Nacua’s knee had burst.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

"Our findings in an animal model indicate that surgeons should not remove the bursa without carefully considering the consequences."

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

"The loss of mechanical integrity in the uninjured tendon in the absence of the bursa was striking," Thomopoulos says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Small fluid-filled sacs called bursa, which normally cushion the joint, may instead swell and ache.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

Diagnosis.—Before the stage of cold abscess is reached, the localised swelling is to be differentiated from a gumma, from chronic forms of staphylococcal osteomyelitis, from enlarged bursa or ganglion, from sub-periosteal lipoma, and from sarcoma.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

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