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bur·sa 
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Audio Help [-see] Pronunciation Key, -sas. | Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, esp. a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone. |
[Origin: 1795–1805; < NL, LL bursa a bag, pouch, purse < Gk býrsa a skin, hide]
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bursal, adjective
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Bursa
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Bur·sa
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| a city in NW Turkey in Asia: a former capital of the Ottoman Empire. 346,084. |
Also, Brusa.
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| bur·sa
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n. pl. bur·sae (-sē) or bur·sas A sac or saclike bodily cavity, especially one containing a viscous lubricating fluid and located between a tendon and a bone or at points of friction between moving structures. [Late Latin, purse, pouch, from Greek, skin, wineskin.] bur'sal adj. |
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| Bur·sa
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A city of northwest Turkey west of Ankara. It dates from the third century B.C. and was a capital of the Ottoman Turks in the 1300s. Population: 1,190,000. |
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| bursa | |
noun | |
| 1. | a city in northwestern Turkey |
| 2. | a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints |
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| bursa
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Plural bursae (bûr'sē) or bursas A flattened sac containing a lubricating fluid that reduces friction between two moving structures in the body, as a tendon and a bone. |
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bursa [(bur-suh)]
A fluid-filled sac or cavity that reduces friction between the bones, ligaments, and tendons in the body's joints.
[Chapter:] Medicine and Health
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Bursa
Bur"sa\, n.; pl. Burs[ae]. [L. See Burse.] (Anat.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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