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blad⋅der

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–noun
1. 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)   
n.  

    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.

  2. Botany Any of various hollow or inflated saclike organs or structures, such as the floats of certain seaweeds or the specialized traps of bladderworts.

  3. 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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Cultural Dictionary

urinary bladder

A saclike structure that stores urine until it can be passed out of the body through the urethra.


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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Word Origin & History

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).
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Medical Dictionary

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>

Main Entry: urinary bladder
Function: noun
: a distensible membranous sac that serves for the temporary retention of the urine, is situated in the pelvis in front of therectum, receives the urine from the two ureters and discharges it at intervals into the urethra through an orifice closed by a sphincter, is lined with transitional hypoblastic epithelium, and developsfrom the proximal part of the allantois of the embryo
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Medical Dictionary

bladder blad·der (blād'ər)
n.

  1. Any of various distensible membranous sacs, such as the urinary bladder, that serve as receptacles for fluid or gas.

  2. A blister, pustule, or cyst filled with fluid or air; vesicle.

urinary bladder n.
A musculomembranous elastic receptacle in the anterior part of the pelvic cavity serving as the temporary storage place for urine.

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Science Dictionary
bladder   (blād'ər)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. 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.

  2. An air bladder.


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