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BURSA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)

Credits

 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)