bursa
/ˈbɝsə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
name
A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolia Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.
Example Sentences
- "A bursa over the anterior aspect of the upper end of the tibia, between the patellar tendon and the tubercle of the tibia, is sometimes enlarged, and may be mistaken for synovitis of the joint."
- "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 general relations of the bursa to the cloaca are shown in the two accompanying figures."
- "The dark, crescentic area is the opening of the bursa, from which the covering membrane is temporarily withdrawn."
- "The bursa is located near the terminal portion of the cloaca and, like the thymus, is a lymphoepithelial organ."
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bursa, βύρσα, بورسه, Προῦσα, Προυσίας
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɝsə/
- British English: /ˈbɜːsə/