bursa
noun
a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
bursal
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a word derived from
bursa.
Example Sentences
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The bursal tumours were almost entirely composed of urate of soda.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Syphilitic disease is rarely recognised except in the form of bursal and peri-bursal gummata in front of the knee-joint.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Anatomy—Normal and adventitious bursæ—Injuries: Bursal hæmatoma—Diseases:Infective bursitis;Traumatic or trade bursitis;Bursal hydrops;Solid bursal tumour;Gonorrhœal and suppurative forms of bursitis;Tuberculous and syphilitic disease—Tumours—Diseases of individual bursæ in the upper and lower extremities.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
It consists in transplanting between the bones a flap of fat-bearing tissue, from which a bursal cavity lined with endothelium and containing a fluid rich in mucin is ultimately formed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Changes in the Cartilage.—Directly that portion of the bursal membrane covering the cartilage is the subject of inflammatory change, the cartilage itself, by reason of its low vitality, soon suffers.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
