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blad⋅der

[blad-er]

–noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

a.	a membranous sac or organ serving as a receptacle for a fluid or air.

b.	urinary bladder.

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 blow ²

Related forms:

blad⋅der⋅less, adjective

blad⋅der⋅like, adjective

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urinary bladder

–noun Anatomy, Zoology.

a distensible, muscular and membranous sac, in which the urine is retained until it is discharged from the body.

Also called bladder.

Origin:
1720–30

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blad·der (blād'ər)

1. Anatomy Any of various distensible membranous sacs, such as the urinary bladder or the swim bladder, that serve as receptacles for fluid or gas.
2. An item resembling one of the membranous sacs in animals: the bladder of a football.
Botany Any of various hollow or inflated saclike organs or structures, such as the floats of certain seaweeds or the specialized traps of bladderworts.
Pathology A blister, pustule, or cyst filled with fluid or air; a vesicle.

[Middle English bladdre, from Old English blǣdre; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

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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.

Bladder

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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Language Translation for : bladder

Spanish: vejiga,

German: die Blase,

Japanese: 膀胱

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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.

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).

Main Entry: blad·der
Pronunciation: 'blad-&r
Function: noun
1 : a membranous sac in animals that serves as the receptacle of a liquid orcontains gas; especially : URINARY BLADDER
2 : a vesicle or pouch forming part of ananimal body bladder of a tapeworm larva>

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.

bladder (blād'ər) Pronunciation Key

A sac-shaped muscular organ that stores the urine secreted by the kidneys, found in all vertebrates except birds and the monotremes. In mammals, urine is carried from the kidneys to the bladder by the ureters and is later discharged from the body through the urethra.
An air bladder.

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