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bursa

noun as in cavity

noun as in purse

noun as in sac

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The chief of this caravan was called Hoyarbarach; he was a native of Bursa, and one of its principal inhabitants.

She came up out of the stern like some hibernating brown animal of the bursa family.

The navicular bone and bursa and the tendon of the perforans also suffer from the effects of compression.

The tissues of the bone and bursa are insufficiently nourished, and the secretion of synovia lessened.

Here the plantar aponeurosis, the navicular bursa, the navicular bone itself, or the pedal articulation may be injured.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bursa, such as: crater, armpit, atrium, basin, caries, and chamber.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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