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bulla

/ˈbʊlə/

bulla noun: a blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as.

Noun (1)

bulla (plural bullae)

  1. A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as
  2. (usually and especially) Such a blister that is more than 5 mm in diameter.
  3. A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
  4. (historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
  5. (historical) A handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
  6. Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.
    • auditory bulla; ethmoid bulla
    1. The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance).

Noun (2)

bulla (countable and uncountable, plural bullas)

  1. A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg.

Proper noun capitalized: Bulla

Bulla (plural Bullas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A locality in the Cobar council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A town in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.

bulla meaning in Tamil and Urdu

bulla in Tamil

பெருங்கொப்புளம், உள்மடிப்பு, குமிழ்முனைப்பு, புல்லா

bulla in Urdu

مہر

Forms of bulla

Noun
pluralbullae
pluralbullas
Proper noun
pluralBullas

Plural of bulla: bullae

Origin of bulla

Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bill and bull (“papal bull; bubble”).

Words formed from bulla

Questions about bulla

What does bulla mean?
Bulla means a blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as.
What is bulla in Tamil?
Bulla in Tamil is பெருங்கொப்புளம், உள்மடிப்பு, குமிழ்முனைப்பு. See Bulla meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bulla?
Bulla can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bulla?
Bulla is pronounced /ˈbʊlə/.
What is the plural of bulla?
The plural of bulla is bullae.

Words near bulla in the dictionary

  1. bull-terriers
  2. bull-thrower
  3. bull-throwers
  4. bull-whip
  5. bull-whips
  6. bulla
  7. Bulla Creek
  8. Bullaburra
  9. bullace
  10. bullace plum
  11. bullace plums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bulla (page history and authors); Bulla (page history and authors); bulla (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bulla (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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