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blad·der
(blăd′ər)n.
1.
a. Anatomy Any of various distensible membranous sacs, such as the urinary bladder or the swim bladder, that serve as receptacles for fluid or gas.
b. Medicine A blister, pustule, or cyst filled with fluid or air; a vesicle.
c. An item resembling one of the membranous sacs in animals: the bladder of a buoyancy compensator.
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.
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bladder
(ˈblædə)n
1. (Anatomy) anatomy a distensible membranous sac, usually containing liquid or gas, esp the urinary bladder.
2. an inflatable part of something
3. (Pathology) a blister, cyst, vesicle, etc, usually filled with fluid
4. (Botany) a hollow vesicular or saclike part or organ in certain plants, such as the bladderwort or bladderwrack
[Old English blǣdre]
ˈbladdery adj
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blad•der
(ˈblæd ər)n.
1.
a. a distensible saclike organ serving as a receptacle for liquids or gases.
c. an air-filled float, as in certain seaweeds.
2. something resembling a bladder, as the inflatable lining of a football or basketball.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English blǣd(d)re bladder, blister, pimple; c. Old High German blātara; akin to blow 2]
blad′der•less, adj.
blad′der•like`, adj.
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blad·der
(blăd′ər)1. A sac-shaped organ that stores the urine secreted by the kidneys, found in all vertebrates except birds and a few species of mammals known as monotremes. In mammals, the bladder is connected to each kidney by a ureter.
2. An air bladder.
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bladder
A sac, especially the muscular bag inside the pelvis where urine collects before being expelled from the body.
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Noun | 1. | bladder - a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) gall bladder, gallbladder - a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion urinary bladder - a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal |
2. | bladder - a bag that fills with air bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" football - the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football |
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bladder
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Translations
مَثَانَةمَثانَه
močový měchýř
blære
virtsarakko
mjehur
òvagblaîra
膀胱
방광
pūslė
pūslis
močový mechúr
urinblåsa
กระเพาะปัสสาวะ
sidik torbasıidrar kesesimesane
bàng quang
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bladder
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bladder
(ˈblӕdə) noun the bag-like part of the body in which the urine collects.
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bladder
→ مَثَانَة močový měchýř blære Blase κύστη vejiga virtsarakko vessie mjehur vescica 膀胱 방광 blaas blære pęcherz moczowy bexiga мочевой пузырь urinblåsa กระเพาะปัสสาวะ sidik torbası bàng quang 膀胱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
blad·der
n. vejiga; saco musculomembranoso situado en la cavidad pélvica;
___ calculi → cálculos, piedras de la ___;
___ infection → infección de la___;
___ irrigation → irrigación de la ___;
___,neurogenic → ___ neurogénica;;
___ removal → cistectomía.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bladder
n vejiga; neurogenic — vejiga neurogénica, vejiga neurógena (esp. Esp); overactive — vejiga hiperactivaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.