bursae (0 synonym found)

We don't have synonyms for bursae yet — it may be a rare, specialized, newly coined, or misspelled word. The closest thesaurus entries we have are bursar, burse and bursa.

We don't have any synonyms for bursae yet.

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Definition of bursae:

(n) : (anatomy) 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.
(n) : Any of various pouch-like organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
(n) : 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.
(n) : (religion) A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.
(n) : A city, the capital of Bursa Province, Turkey.
(n) : A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolia Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.
Definition of bursae:

(n) : (anatomy) 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.
(n) : Any of various pouch-like organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
(n) : 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.
(n) : (religion) A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.
(n) : A city, the capital of Bursa Province, Turkey.
(n) : A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolia Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.
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