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BURSA
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Irregular inflected form: bursae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bursa" is a kind of...):
sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)
Derivation:
bursal (relating to or affecting a bursa)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city in northwestern Turkey
Synonyms:
Brusa; Bursa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Bursa" is a part of...):
Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)
Context examples:
A bursa is a small, fluid-filled sac that acts as a cushion between a bone and other moving parts, such as muscles, tendons, or skin.
(Bursitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
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