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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In the majority the condition is chronic, and the chief feature is the gradual accumulation of fluid constituting the bursal hydrops or hygroma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The bursal tumours were almost entirely composed of urate of soda.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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 Thomson, Alexis
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 Reeks, Harry Caulton
Its walls are formed by the diseased secreting membrane of the bursal sac, and are readily detachable from the subcutis of the skin.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
