bursa
Syllables: Bur·sa/ˈbɜːsə/US/ˈbɝsə/
bursa noun: 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.
Noun
bursa (plural bursae or bursæ)
- 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.
- A bursa over the anterior aspect of the upper end of the tibia, between the patellar tendon and the tubercle of the tibia, is sometimes enlarged, and may be mistaken for synovitis of the joint.1899, Roswell Park, A Treatise on Surgery, page 402
- Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, which results in pain, tenderness, and stiffness and in some cases, swelling and redness.2004, Dicken Weatherby, Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective, page 247
- 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.
- The general relations of the bursa to the cloaca are shown in the two accompanying figures.1898, Frank Evers Beddard, The Structure and Classification of Birds, page 36
- The dark, crescentic area is the opening of the bursa, from which the covering membrane is temporarily withdrawn.1943, Charles Milton Kirkpatrick, Growth, Development, and Endocrine Studies of the Ring-necked Pheasant, with Special Reference to the Bursa of Fabricius, page 37
- Any of various pouchlike organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
- That portion of the dilated vas deferens which lies outside the cavity of the genital bursa is called the external seminal vesicle .1978, V.M. Ivashkin, Helminths of Farm Animals of the Mongolian People's Republic, page 16
- In other groups, all members of each clade lack a bursa copulatrix. Conversely, some taxa such as many Dendronotina may lack a receptaculum but possess a bursa.2010, Janet Leonard, Alex Cordoba-Aguilar, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals, page 156
- A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.
- In solemn mass the deacon brings the book of the Missal to the side of the epistle, then goes backward behind the celebrant; the sub-deacon, indeed, goes to the gospel side, where he cleanses the chalice, fits it with the purifacatory, covers it with the paten and pall, folds the corporal, replaces...1853, George Lewis, The Bible, the Missal, and the Breviary, page 358
- It is forbidden to leave the corporal, when not in use, exposed upon the altar, or to carry it in one's hands without a covering. A bursa is always to be used for that purpose .1890, “The "Corporale" and "Palla"”, in American Ecclesiastical Review, volume 3, page 419
Proper noun capitalized: Bursa
Bursa
bursa meaning in Tamil
bursa in Tamil
- இழைமப்பை, குழிப்பை, நாண் உறைப்பை, பசைநார்ப்பை, முழிப்பை, பர்சா
Examples of bursa in a sentence
- A bursa may be present deep to coracobrachialis tendon.2011, Neeta V. Kulkarni, Clinical Anatomy (A Problem Solving Approach), page 116:
- The bursa is located near the terminal portion of the cloaca and, like the thymus, is a lymphoepithelial organ.2009, Julius M. Cruse, Robert E. Lewis, Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology:
- The vagina extends anteriorly over the dorsal side of seminal vesicle to the sperm-filled seminal bursa.2017, Fatik Baran Mandal, Biology of Non-Chordates, page 185:
- Just like relics, the Eucharist was taken, enclosed in a bursa or pendula as a means of protection not only on journeys overland but - and especially - when travellers ventured onto the whimsical sea.1995, Godefridus J. C. Snoek, Medieval Piety from Relics to the Eucharist, page 90:
Synonyms of bursa
Forms of bursa
| plural | bursae |
|---|---|
| plural | bursæ |
Origin of bursa
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.
From Turkish Bursa, from Ottoman Turkish بورسه (Brusa), from Byzantine Greek Προῦσα (Proûsa), from Ancient Greek Προυσίας (Prousías, “Prusias”) + -α (-a). Doublet of Prusa.
Words formed from bursa
Phrases with bursa
Questions about bursa
- What does bursa mean?
- Bursa means 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.
- What is bursa in Tamil?
- Bursa in Tamil is இழைமப்பை, குழிப்பை, நாண் உறைப்பை. See Bursa meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use bursa in a sentence?
- A bursa may be present deep to coracobrachialis tendon.
- What part of speech is bursa?
- Bursa can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bursa?
- Bursa is pronounced /ˈbɜːsə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bursa?
- The plural of bursa is bursae.
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