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blad·der 
[blad-er] Pronunciation Key
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[blad-er] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Anatomy, Zoology.
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| 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: bef. 900; ME; OE blǣddre, blǣdre bladder, blister, pimple; c. ON blāthra, dial. D bladder, G Blatter; akin to blow2]
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blad·der·less, adjective
blad·der·like, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| blad·der
(blād'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English bladdre, from Old English blǣdre; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bladder
bladder
O.E. blædre (W.Saxon), bledre (Anglian), from P.Gmc. *blaedron (cf. O.N. blaðra, O.H.G. blattara), from PIE *bhle- (see blast).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| bladder | |
noun | |
| 1. | a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) |
| 2. | a bag that fills with air |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bladder
(blād'ər) Pronunciation Key
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
bladder
bladder
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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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Bladder
Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl?dre, bl?ddre; akin to Icel. bla?ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.]1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with bladders of philosophy." --Rochester. Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods. Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods. Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods. Bladder worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm (T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See Measle, Cysticercus. Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast (Fucus nodosus and F. vesiculosus) -- called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bladdered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bladdering.]1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher. 2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
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