bursa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bursa 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.
Senses
bursa is used for these senses in English:
- bursa (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.
bursa — full definition
- 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.
- 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.
- noun Any of various pouchlike organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
- noun A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.