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bladder
(encz) | bladder,balon n: Zdeněk Brož |
bladder
(encz) | bladder,měchýř n: Zdeněk Brož |
bladder
(encz) | bladder,močový měchýř n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bladder
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bladdered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bladdering.]
1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.]
--G. Fletcher.
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2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
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Bladder
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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bladder
(wn) | bladder
n 1: a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or
gas) [syn: bladder, vesica]
2: a bag that fills with air |
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football bladder
(mass) | football bladder
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bladdernut
(encz) | bladdernut,klokoč n: [bot.] Michal Ambrož |
bladderwort
(encz) | bladderwort,bublinatka n: [bot.] masožravá rostlina, latinsky
Utricularia Zdeněk Brož |
flaccid bladder
(encz) | flaccid bladder, n: |
football bladder
(encz) | football bladder,duše "do míče" |
gall bladder
(encz) | gall bladder,žlučník n: Josef Kosek |
gall-bladder
(encz) | gall-bladder,žlučník n: Jirka Daněk |
gallbladder
(encz) | gallbladder,žlučník n: Zdeněk Brož |
mountain bladder fern
(encz) | mountain bladder fern, n: |
neurogenic bladder
(encz) | neurogenic bladder, n: |
spastic bladder
(encz) | spastic bladder, n: |
swim bladder
(encz) | swim bladder, n: |
urinary bladder
(encz) | urinary bladder,močový měchýř Zdeněk Brož |
air bladder
(gcide) | air bladder \air" blad`der\
1. (Anat.) An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed,
in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in
the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates,
and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the
pharynx or esophagus.
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2. A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also
an air hole in a casting.
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Bladder
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bladdered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bladdering.]
1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.]
--G. Fletcher.
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2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
[1913 Webster]Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Bladder campion
(gcide) | Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing
berries regarded as poisonous.
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Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus
Behen} or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx.
See Behen.
Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with
handsome crimson flowers.
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Bladder nut
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Bladder pod
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Bladder senna
(gcide) | Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s['e]n['e];
all fr. Ar. san[=a].]
1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the
genus Cassia. (Cassia acutifolia, {Cassia
angustifolia}, etc.). They constitute a valuable but
nauseous cathartic medicine.
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2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now
cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West
Indies.
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Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder.
Wild senna (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the
United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally,
like those of the officinal senna.
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bladder tangle
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Bladder tree
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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bladder worm
(gcide) | Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
\Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ????
bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zool.)
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork
measle).
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Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living
animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
See Measles, 4, Tapeworm.
[1913 Webster]Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Bladder worm
(gcide) | Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
\Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ????
bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zool.)
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork
measle).
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Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living
animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
See Measles, 4, Tapeworm.
[1913 Webster]Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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bladder worms
(gcide) | Measles \Mea"sles\, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in
senses 1, 2, & 3. [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl., and E.
mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See Mazer.]
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1. (Med.) A contagious viral febrile disorder commencing with
catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the
third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots,
which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised
above the surface, and after the fourth day of the
eruption gradually decline; rubeola. It is a common
childhood disease.
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Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of
fever. --Am. Cyc.
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2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the
flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of
the tapeworm.
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3. A disease of trees. [Obs.]
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4. pl. (Zool.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the
cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also
bladder worms.
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German measles A mild contagious viral disease, which may
cause birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman
during early pregnancy; also called rubella.
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Bladder wrack
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Bladdered
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bladdered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bladdering.]
1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.]
--G. Fletcher.
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2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
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Bladdering
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bladdered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bladdering.]
1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.]
--G. Fletcher.
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2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
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bladderlike
(gcide) | bladderlike \blad"der*like\ adj.
similar to a bladder.
Syn: bladdery.
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bladdernose
(gcide) | bladdernose \blad"der*nose\ n.
a medium-sized blackish-gray seal (Cystophora cristata)
with a large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic-Atlantic
waters.
Syn: hooded seal.
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bladderpod
(gcide) | bladderpod \blad"der*pod\ n.
1. a North American wild lobelia (Lobelia inflata) having
small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as
an antispasmodic.
Syn: Indian tobacco.
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2. any of a number of annual or perennial herbs with inflated
seed pods; some are placed in the genus Lesquerella.
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3. any of several plants of the genus Physaria having
racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods.
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4. any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow
racemose flowers and inflated pods.
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Bladderwort
(gcide) | Bladderwort \Blad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which
usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the
leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See
Ascidium.
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bladderwrack
(gcide) | bladderwrack \bladderwrack\ n.
1. similar to and found with black rockweed.
Syn: Ascophyllum nodosum.
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2. common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as
manure.
Syn: black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus.
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Bladdery
(gcide) | Bladdery \Blad"der*y\, a.
Having bladders; also, resembling a bladder.
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Gall bladder
(gcide) | Gall \Gall\ (g[add]l), n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D.
gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L.
fel, Gr. ?, and prob. to E. yellow. [root]49. See Yellow,
and cf. Choler]
1. (Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the
gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the
secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the
mucous membrane of the gall bladder.
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2. The gall bladder.
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3. Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
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He hath . . . compassed me with gall and travail.
--Lam. iii. 5.
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Comedy diverted without gall. --Dryden.
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4. Impudence; brazen assurance. [Slang]
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Gall bladder (Anat.), the membranous sac, in which the
bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the
cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
Gall duct, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct,
or the hepatic duct.
Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the
Netherlands. --Dunglison.
Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant
with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the
Prenanthes serpentaria.
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Swim bladder
(gcide) | Swim \Swim\, n.
1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one
swimming. --B. Jonson.
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2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
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3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.]
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Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish.
To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be
associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]
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air bladder
(wn) | air bladder
n 1: an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes
that helps maintain buoyancy [syn: air bladder, {swim
bladder}, float] |
bladder campion
(wn) | bladder campion
n 1: perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with
inflated calyx [syn: bladder campion, Silene uniflora,
Silene vulgaris]
2: bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large
evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx;
sometimes placed in genus Lychnis [syn: white campion,
evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion, {Silene
latifolia}, Lychnis alba] |
bladder cherry
(wn) | bladder cherry
n 1: Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated
papery orange-red calyx [syn: Chinese lantern plant,
winter cherry, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi] |
bladder disorder
(wn) | bladder disorder
n 1: a disorder of the urinary bladder |
bladder fern
(wn) | bladder fern
n 1: any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded
indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori |
bladder fucus
(wn) | bladder fucus
n 1: a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
[syn: bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus,
tang, Fucus vesiculosus] |
bladder ketmia
(wn) | bladder ketmia
n 1: annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed
flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North
America [syn: flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour,
bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum] |
bladder senna
(wn) | bladder senna
n 1: yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its
succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery
pods and as a source of wildlife food [syn: {bladder
senna}, Colutea arborescens] |
bladder sphincter
(wn) | bladder sphincter
n 1: the sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder; made up of a
thickened muscular layer of bladder around the urethral
opening [syn: bladder sphincter, {musculus sphincter
vesicae}] |
bladder stone
(wn) | bladder stone
n 1: a calculus formed in the bladder [syn: bladder stone,
cystolith] |
bladder worm
(wn) | bladder worm
n 1: encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm |
bladderlike
(wn) | bladderlike
adj 1: resembling a bladder [syn: bladdery, bladderlike] |
bladdernose
(wn) | bladdernose
n 1: medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac
on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters [syn:
hooded seal, bladdernose, Cystophora cristata] |
bladdernut family
(wn) | bladdernut family
n 1: a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found
mostly in the north temperate zone [syn: Staphylaceae,
family Staphylaceae, bladdernut family] |
bladderpod
(wn) | bladderpod
n 1: North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and
inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic [syn:
Indian tobacco, bladderpod, Lobelia inflata]
2: annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some
placed in genus Lesquerella
3: any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose
yellow flowers and inflated pods
4: any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow
racemose flowers and inflated pods |
bladderwort
(wn) | bladderwort
n 1: any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus
Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-
shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals |
bladderwort family
(wn) | bladderwort family
n 1: carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia,
Pinguicula, and Genlisea [syn: Lentibulariaceae, {family
Lentibulariaceae}, bladderwort family] |
bladderwrack
(wn) | bladderwrack
n 1: similar to and found with black rockweed [syn:
bladderwrack, Ascophyllum nodosum]
2: a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure [syn:
bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang,
Fucus vesiculosus] |
bladdery
(wn) | bladdery
adj 1: resembling a bladder [syn: bladdery, bladderlike] |
brittle bladder fern
(wn) | brittle bladder fern
n 1: delicate fern widely distributed in North America and
European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems
[syn: brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, {fragile
fern}, Cystopteris fragilis] |
bulblet bladder fern
(wn) | bulblet bladder fern
n 1: North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
[syn: bulblet fern, bulblet bladder fern, berry fern,
Cystopteris bulbifera] |
flaccid bladder
(wn) | flaccid bladder
n 1: a urinary bladder disorder resulting from interruption of
the reflex arc normally associated with voiding urine;
absence of bladder sensation and over-filling of the
bladder and inability to urinate voluntarily |
gall bladder
(wn) | gall bladder
n 1: a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile
(secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
[syn: gallbladder, gall bladder] |
gallbladder
(wn) | gallbladder
n 1: a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile
(secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
[syn: gallbladder, gall bladder] |
mountain bladder fern
(wn) | mountain bladder fern
n 1: fern of rocky mountainous areas of hemisphere [syn:
mountain bladder fern, Cystopteris montana] |
neurogenic bladder
(wn) | neurogenic bladder
n 1: a urinary bladder disorder caused by a lesion in the
nervous system |
spastic bladder
(wn) | spastic bladder
n 1: a urinary bladder disorder resulting from spinal cord
lesion or multiple sclerosis or trauma; absence of bladder
sensation and incontinence and interrupted voiding of urine |
swim bladder
(wn) | swim bladder
n 1: an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes
that helps maintain buoyancy [syn: air bladder, {swim
bladder}, float] |
urinary bladder
(wn) | urinary bladder
n 1: a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine |
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