bursa

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McVay said a few days later that a bursa sac in Nacua’s knee had burst.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

The bursa often becomes inflamed, sometimes concurrently, when underlying tendons are injured, and surgeons often remove the tissue because they suspect it is a source of shoulder inflammation and pain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

"The loss of mechanical integrity in the uninjured tendon in the absence of the bursa was striking," Thomopoulos says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Small fluid-filled sacs called bursa, which normally cushion the joint, may instead swell and ache.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

On April 12th, Dr. H. excised a fibroid bursa patella� from a woman of twenty-nine years.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various