name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bulla
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/ˈbʊlə/
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[ˈbʊ.ɫə]
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CMU ARPABET: B UH1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A locality in the Cobar council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
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name
Meaning 3
A town in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.
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noun
Meaning 4
A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as
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Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
(usually and especially) Such a blister that is more than 5 mm in diameter.
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Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 8
A handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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noun
Meaning 9
Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- auditory bulla; ethmoid bulla
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noun
Meaning 10
Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.
The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance).
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seal, stamp
noun
Meaning 13
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blister, bleb
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Broader terms: vesicle, cyst
Narrower terms: water blister, blood blister, pustule
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bill and bull (“papal bull; bubble”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 大泡 (dàpào) — blister, vesicle or lesion
- Dutch: blaar — blister, vesicle or lesion
- Dutch: blein — blister, vesicle or lesion
- Dutch: bulla — blister, vesicle or lesion
- Finnish: vesikello — blister, vesicle or lesion
- Finnish: vesirakkula — blister, vesicle or lesion
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