BURSA (bursae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bursae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bursa mean? 

• BURSA (noun)
  The noun BURSA has 2 senses:

1. a city in northwestern Turkey

2. a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints

  Familiarity information: BURSA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northwestern Turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Brusa; Bursa

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)

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

If there is no improvement, your doctor may inject a drug into the area around the swollen bursa.

(Bursitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

A tumor usually arising in the synovium of joints, bursa or tendon sheath.

(Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath, NCI Thesaurus)

A synovial cyst in the popliteal space arising from the semimembranous bursa or the knee joint.

(Baker Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Inflammation (swelling, pain, and warmth) of a bursa.

(Bursitis, NCI Dictionary)

Lateral displacement of the great toe, producing deformity of the first metatarsophalangeal joint with callous, bursa, or bunion formation over the bony prominence.

(Hallux Valgus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Administration within a bursa.

(Intrabursal Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

Painful inflammation of the bursa.

(Bursitis, NCI Thesaurus)

If the joint still does not improve after 6 to 12 months, you may need surgery to repair damage and relieve pressure on the bursa.

(Bursitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

A bursa is a flat, fluid-filled sac found between a bone and a tendon or muscle.

(Bursitis, NCI Dictionary)

Bursitis occurs when a bursa becomes inflamed.

(Bursitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)