bursa
noun
a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
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bursa
1 American
[bur-suh]
/ ˈbɜr sə /
noun
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bursae,
plural
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bursas
plural
Bursa
2
American
[boor -sah]
/ burˈsɑ /
noun
bursa
1
British
/ ˈbɜːsə /
noun
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a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints
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zoology any saclike cavity or structure
Bursa
2
British
/ ˈbɜːsə /
noun
bursa
Scientific
/ bûr′sə /
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bursae
plural
bursa
Cultural
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Etymology
Origin of bursa
First recorded in 1795–1805; from New Latin, Late Latin bursa “bag, pouch, purse,” from Greek býrsa “hide, leather”
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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
To explore the role of the bursa in rotator cuff disease, Thomopoulos and graduate student Brittany Marshall examined rats with repaired rotator cuff injuries, with and without bursa removal.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
The bursa often becomes inflamed, sometimes concurrently, when underlying tendons are injured, and surgeons often remove the tissue because they suspect it is a source of shoulder inflammation and pain.
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
When, in spite of palliative treatment, the affection persists or relapses, it is best to excise the bursa.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The Bursa Malaysia Derivatives contract for November delivery fell 81 ringgit to 4,885 ringgit a ton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Bursa Malaysia Derivatives contract for November delivery falls 13 ringgit to 4,970 ringgit a ton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Bursa Malaysia Derivatives contract for November delivery rose 12 ringgit to 4,819 ringgit a ton, according to LSEG.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Bursa Malaysia Derivatives contract for August delivery is 3 ringgit higher at 4,461 ringgit a ton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Watch closely: Lefty, setting his derby at a rakish angle, walks down the sloping streets of Bursa.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Dolphins and other toothed whales, such as the beluga, echolocate via a specialized organ called the dorsal bursae, which sits at the top of their head, close to the blowhole.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 3, 2021
To study the role of the organ, Glick and his colleagues used chickens that had had their bursae removed for an unrelated experiment.
From Nature ● Jan. 5, 2015
Three major bursae and a fat pad are part of the complex joint that unites the femur and tibia of the leg.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Subcutaneous bursae prevent friction between the skin and an underlying bone, submuscular bursae protect muscles from rubbing against a bone or another muscle, and a subtendinous bursa prevents friction between bone and a muscle tendon.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Lack of cloacal bursae in T. ornata and in all testudinids, can be correlated with the completely terrestrial habits of those turtles.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
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