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noun
A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
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noun
a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bladder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sac
Narrower terms: gallbladder, gall bladder, urinary bladder
History
Learned borrowing from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
