bursa in French
bursa in French is bourse — 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 French
bourse
(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.
What does "bursa" mean?
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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."
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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."
- noun A pouch-like body part in some animals that holds semen before mating in males, or receives it in females.
- 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 French?
"bursa" in French is bourse. bursa means: A small sac filled with fluid found where a tendon or muscle moves over a bone, cushioning the movement to stop rubbing.
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