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prebursal

prebursal adjective: proximal to a bursa.

Adjective

prebursal (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Proximal to a bursa.
    • This structure is not, as it seems at first sight, a papilla, but forms a ridge crossing the ventral aspect of the worm. Caudad of this prominence the bursa begins. The first ray (Fig. 67), long and thin with a characteristic curve, has its papilla on the external surface of the bursa. It obviously...1914 July, Clayton Lane, “Bursate nematodes from the Indian elephant”, in Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 2, number 1, page 395
    Antonyms:
    postbursal

Antonyms of prebursal

Origin of prebursal

From pre- + bursa + -al.

Questions about prebursal

What does prebursal mean?
Prebursal means proximal to a bursa.
What part of speech is prebursal?
Prebursal is an adjective.

Words near prebursal in the dictionary

  1. preburner
  2. preburners
  3. preburning
  4. preburnished
  5. preburns
  6. prebursal
  7. preburst
  8. prebusiness
  9. prebut
  10. prebuts
  11. prebuttal

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