English Explanatory Dictionary

bursa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
  2. A diverticulum on the cloaca of young birds, which serves as a lymphatic organ and as part of the immune system, but which atrophies as the bird ages.
  3. Any of various pouchlike organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
  4. A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.
name
  1. A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolia Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.
  2. A city, the capital of Bursa Province, Turkey.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɜːsə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bursa.wav /ˈbɝsə/

Word forms

bursa bursae bursæ

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.

Synonyms

Prusa

Related words

bursar bursary disburse reimburse

Derived words

bursal bursaless bursalogy bursa of Fabricius bursectomy bursiform bursitis bursocentesis bursography bursopathy gastrocnemiosemimembranosus bursa gastrocnemio-semimembranosus bursa omental bursa
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