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Bursa in Chinese

Bursa in Chinese is 布爾薩 — Bursa means a small sac filled with fluid found where a tendon or muscle moves over a bone, cushioning the movement to stop rubbing.

Bursa in Chinese

布爾薩
proper noun
Pronounced: bù ěr sà
A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolia Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.

What does "Bursa" mean?

  1. noun A small sac filled with fluid found where a tendon or muscle moves over a bone, cushioning the movement to stop rubbing.
    "Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, which results in pain, tenderness, and stiffness and in some cases, swelling and redness."
  2. noun (zoology) A pouch near a young bird's cloaca that works as part of its immune system and shrinks away as the bird grows up.
    "The bursa is located near the terminal portion of the cloaca and, like the thymus, is a lymphoepithelial organ."
  3. noun A pouch-like body part in some animals that holds semen before mating in males, or receives it in females.
  4. noun (Christianity) A square cloth case, about a foot wide, used to hold the folded altar cloth out of respect.
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Bursa in a sentence

  • Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, which results in pain, tenderness, and stiffness and in some cases, swelling and redness.
  • A bursa may be present deep to coracobrachialis tendon.
  • The bursa is located near the terminal portion of the cloaca and, like the thymus, is a lymphoepithelial organ.

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What is "Bursa" in Chinese?
"Bursa" in Chinese is 布爾薩. Bursa means: A small sac filled with fluid found where a tendon or muscle moves over a bone, cushioning the movement to stop rubbing.
How do you pronounce 布爾薩?
"Bursa" in Chinese is 布爾薩, pronounced "bù ěr sà".
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