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Definition of Bursa

1. Noun. A city in northwestern Turkey.

2. Noun. A small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints.

Definition of Bursa

1. n. Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.

Definition of Bursa

1. Proper noun. A city in northwestern Turkey. ¹

2. Proper noun. The province of which that city is the capital. ¹

3. Noun. (anatomy) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bursa

1. a bodily pouch [n -SAS or -SAE] : BURSAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Bursa

1. A tissue space (fibrous sac) that is lined with synovial membrane (joint tissue) and contains a small quantity of synovial fluid (joint fluid). Bursas are found in between tendon and bone, skin and bone and muscles. They function to facilitate fluid movement. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bursa

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burrs burrstone burrstones burry burs bursa (current term) bursa achillis bursa anserina bursa aspiration bursa bicipitoradialis

bursa cubitalis interossea bursa fabricii bursa infrahyoidea bursa infrapatellaris profunda bursa intermuscularis musculorum gluteorum bursa intratendinea olecrani bursa ischiadica musculi glutei maximi bursa ischiadica musculi obturatoris interni bursa mucosa

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