Phrase guide

synovial bursa

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a small fluid-filled sac lined by synovial membrane

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: beurs — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Arabic: جِرَاب زُلَالِيّ (jirāb zulāliyy) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 囊 (náng) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑液囊 (huáyènáng) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑囊 (huánáng) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黏液囊 (niányènáng) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Czech: tíhový váček — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Finnish: limapussi — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • French: bourse — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • German: Schleimbeutel — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Greek: θύλακας (thýlakas) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Hungarian: nyálkatömlő — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Hungarian: nyákatömlő — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Ingrian: jäsensuma — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Japanese: 滑液包 (katsuekihō) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Latin: bursa synoviālis — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Polish: kaletka — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Polish: kaletka maziowa — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Portuguese: bursa — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Russian: су́мка (súmka) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Russian: синовиа́льная су́мка (sinoviálʹnaja súmka) — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Swedish: bursa — sac where muscle slides across bone
  • Swedish: slemsäck — sac where muscle slides across bone