bursa
Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon…Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
Meaning
4 sensesAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
A diverticulum on the cloaca of young birds, which serves as a lymphatic organ and as part of the immune system, but which atrophies as the bird ages.
Any of various pouchlike organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare puBorrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.
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Forms
plural: bursaeSynonyms
1 synonyms- a city in northwestern Turkey:Brusa
Word family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular