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Bladder
see synonyms of bladderNoun
2. bladder
a bag that fills with air
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Bladder
see synonyms of bladdernoun
1. anatomy
a distensible membranous sac, usually containing liquid or gas, esp the urinary bladder
▶ Related adjective: vesical2.
an inflatable part of something
3.
a blister, cyst, vesicle, etc, usually filled with fluid
4.
a hollow vesicular or saclike part or organ in certain plants, such as the bladderwort or bladderwrack
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Bladder
see synonyms of bladder noun
1.
a bag consisting of or lined with membranous tissue in the body of many animals, capable
of inflation to receive and contain liquids or gases; esp. the urinary bladder in the pelvic cavity, which holds urine flowing from the kidneys
2.
a thing resembling such a bag, as the inflatable rubber bag inside the leather cover of a football
3.
a.
an inflated covering of certain fruits
b.
an air sac, as in some water plants
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Bladder
see synonyms of bladdern.
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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