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bullae

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bul⋅la

  [bool-uh, buhl-uh]
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–noun, plural bul⋅lae  [bool-ee, buhl-ee] .
1. a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
2. an ancient Roman pendant, consisting of a rounded box containing an amulet.
3. Pathology. a large vesicle.
4. Zoology. a blisterlike or bubblelike prominence of a bone, as that of the tympanic bone in the skull of certain mammals.
Origin:
1840–50; < L: bubble, also stud, boss, knob (whence ML bulla official seal)
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bul·la   (bŏŏl'ə)   
n.   pl. bul·lae (bŏŏl'ē)

  1. A round seal affixed to a papal bull.

  2. Pathology A large blister or vesicle.


[Medieval Latin, from Latin, bubble, seal.]
bul·lae   (bŏŏl'ē)   
n.  Plural of bulla.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bul·la
Pronunciation: 'bul-&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural bul·lae /'bul-"E, -"I/
1 : a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence
2 : a large vesicle or blister —compare BLEB
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bulla bul·la (b&oobreve;l'ə)
n. pl. bul·lae (b&oobreve;l'ē)

  1. A large blister or vesicle of pathological origin.

  2. A bubblelike structure.

bul'lous adj.

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