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blad⋅der

  [blad-er]
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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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Cultural Dictionary

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>
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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.

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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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