Bladder

English

Noun

Bladder (plural Bladders)

1. (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
2. (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
3. (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
4. The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
5. A sealed, plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.

Verbs for Bladder

control—; dilate— govern—; inflame —bursts.; distend—; empty—; regulate—; swell—.

Synonyms

• vesica

Derived terms

air bladder; bladdered; bladderpod; bladderwrack; gall bladder; gas bladder; shy bladder; swim bladder; urinary bladder

Thesaurus

air bubble, bag, ball, balloon, bleb, blister, blob, blood blister, boll, bolus, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, bulla, cap and bells, coxcomb, ellipsoid, fever blister, fob, geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gob, gobbet, knob, knot, motley, oblate spheroid, orb, orbit, orblet, pellet, pocket, poke, prolate spheroid, rondure, sac, sack, slapstick, soap bubble, sock, sphere, spheroid, spherule, vesicle

Etymology

Akin to Old High German platara (German Blatter) and Old Norse blaðra (Danish blære).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ædə(r)