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noun
1.
Anatomy, Zoology.
a.
a membranous sac or organ serving as a receptacle for a fluid or air.
2.
Pathology. a vesicle, blister, cyst, etc., filled with fluid or air.
3.
Botany. an air-filled sac or float, as in certain seaweeds.
4.
something resembling a bladder, as the inflatable lining of a football or basketball.
5.
an air-filled sac, usually made to resemble a club, used for beatings in low comedy, vaudeville, or the like.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English blǣddre, blǣdre bladder, blister, pimple; cognate with Old Norse blāthra, dialectal Dutch bladder, German Blatter; akin to blow2
before 900; Middle English; Old English blǣddre, blǣdre bladder, blister, pimple; cognate with Old Norse blāthra, dialectal Dutch bladder, German Blatter; akin to blow2
Related forms
blad·der·less, adjective
blad·der·like, adjective
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bladder
O.E. blædre (W.Saxon), bledre (Anglian) "bladder," also "blister, pimple," from P.Gmc. *blaedron (cf. O.N. blaðra, O.H.G. blattara, Du. blaar), from PIE *bhle- (see blast).
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Medical Dictionary
bladder blad·der (blād'ər)
n.
Any of various distensible membranous sacs, such as the urinary bladder, that serve as receptacles for fluid or gas.
A blister, pustule, or cyst filled with fluid or air; vesicle.
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bladder definition
A stretchable saclike structure in the body that holds fluids. The term is used most often to refer to the urinary bladder, which is part of the excretory system. Another kind of bladder is the gallbladder.
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