Definition of Bursae
1. Noun. (plural of bursa) ¹
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Definition of Bursae
1. bursa [n] - See also: bursa
Medical Definition of Bursae
1. The pleural of bursa. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Bursae
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1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"This joint has the largest bursae mucosae of all, and these perhaps the most
frequently ... These bursae, I am persuaded, are often the seat of disease, ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Diseases of the bursae and of the vaginae mucosae. Many of these have been
sufficiently described under methods of examination in Part XI, Subdivision I. ..."
3. A Text-book of operative surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1904)
"PUNCTURE OF bursae. Description.—General!}' resorted to for exploring the nature
of the bursal contents, or for injecting fluid for destroying its secreting ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"The treatment of enlarged bursae has given rise to much difference of opinion
... Reasoning from analogy, we might conclude that inflamed bursae should be ..."
5. On rheumatism, rheumatic gout, and sciatica: Their Pathology, Symptoms, and by Henry William Fuller (1860)
"When the bursae and the synovial membrane lining the joint become the seat of
... The wrist is one of the common situations of these enlarged bursae, ..."
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