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bursa in Japanese

bursa in Japanese is 滑液包 — bursa means 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.

bursa in Japanese

滑液包
noun
Pronounced: katsuekihō
(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?

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A diverticulum on the cloaca of young birds, which serves as a lymphatic organ and as part of the immune system, but which atrophies as the bird ages.
  3. noun Any of various pouchlike organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
  4. noun A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.
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What is "bursa" in Japanese?

"bursa" in Japanese is 滑液包. bursa means: 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.

How do you pronounce 滑液包?

"bursa" in Japanese is 滑液包, pronounced "katsuekihō".

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