BLADDER Definition & Meaning

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bladder

[blad-er]

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noun

Anatomy, Zoology.��
1. a membranous sac or organ serving as a receptacle for a fluid or air.
2. urinary bladder.
Pathology.��a vesicle, blister, cyst, etc., filled with fluid or air.
Botany.��an air-filled sac or float, as in certain seaweeds.
something resembling a bladder, as the inflatable lining of a football or basketball.
an air-filled sac, usually made to resemble a club, used for beatings in low comedy, vaudeville, or the like.

bladder

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noun

anatomy a distensible membranous sac, usually containing liquid or gas, esp the urinary bladder
an inflatable part of something
a blister, cyst, vesicle, etc, usually filled with fluid
a hollow vesicular or saclike part or organ in certain plants, such as the bladderwort or bladderwrack

bladder

A sac-shaped muscular organ that stores the urine secreted by the kidneys, found in all vertebrates except birds and the monotremes. In mammals, urine is carried from the kidneys to the bladder by the ureters and is later discharged from the body through the urethra.
An air bladder.

bladder

A stretchable saclike structure in the body that holds fluids. The term is used most often to refer to the urinary bladder, which is part of the excretory system. Another kind of bladder is the gallbladder.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

bladderless adjective
bladderlike adjective
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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bladder¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English blǣddre, ��ǣ�� bladder, blister, pimple; cognate with Old Norse ��ٳ��, dialectal Dutch bladder, German Blatter; akin to blow ²

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bladder¹

Old English ��ǣ��

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Abuse of the drug can also lead to cognitive problems and permanent bladder damage.

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Waiting was found to have had a "catastrophic impact" on one patient's life who suffered daily pain, and another, awaiting an operation for bladder stones, endured "continual bleeding".

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Just ask David Fleming, from east Belfast, who has been living with one for a number of years and was one of about 1,000 men on a waiting list for bladder outlet surgery.

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Later in the disease, bladder control can become an issue.

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Allison Gardner, the Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, made an emotional speech in a Westminster Hall debate on the condition, which she said had at one point led her to consider having her bladder removed.

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blad bladder campion

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