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Bladder Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bladder?
[n] a bag that fills with air
[n] a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) Synonyms | Synonyms for Bladder: vesica Related Terms | Find terms related to Bladder: air bubble | bag | ball | balloon | bleb | blister | blob | blood blister | boll | bolus | bubble | bulb | bulbil | bulblet | bulla | cap and bells | coxcomb | ellipsoid | fever blister | fob | geoid | globe | globelet | globoid | globule | glomerulus | gob | gobbet | knob | knot | motley | oblate spheroid | orb | orbit | orblet | pellet | pocket | poke | prolate spheroid | rondure | sac | sack | slapstick | soap bubble | sock | sphere | spheroid | spherule | vesicle See Also | bag | football | gallbladder | sac | urinary bladder Bladder In Webster's Dictionary \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl?dre,
bl?ddre; akin to Icel. bla?ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re,
D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals,
G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS.
bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.]
1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. ``To swim with
bladders of philosophy.'' --Rochester.
{Bladder nut}, or {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants
({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods.
{Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with
inflated seed pods.
{Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
{Bladder worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of
tapeworm ({T[ae]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts
of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}.
{Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called
also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}.
\Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bladdered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bladdering}.] 1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher. 2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard. |
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