Definition of bladder

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Bladder (n.) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound..

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Ureter :: Ureter (n.) The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney..
Lithotome :: Lithotome (n.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.
Cystocele :: Cystocele (n.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.
Lithiasis :: Lithiasis (n.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages..
Vesical :: Vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder.
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard..
Gallstone :: Gallstone (n.) A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1..
Drumfish :: Drumfish (n.) Any fish of the family Sciaenidae, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum..
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Physostomous :: Physostomous (a.) Having a duct to the air bladder.
Dipnoi :: Dipnoi (n. pl.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..
Cystotomy :: Cystotomy (n.) The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus..
Ascidium :: Ascidium (n.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia)..
Measles :: Measles (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms..
Gall :: Gall (n.) 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..
Sphincter :: Sphincter (n.) A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Ectopia :: Ectopia (n.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder..
Utriculoid :: Utriculoid (a.) Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate.
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