'Bladder' definitions:
Definition of 'bladder'
From: WordNet
noun
A distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) [syn: bladder, vesica]
noun
A bag that fills with air
Definition of 'Bladder'
From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with bladders of philosophy." --Rochester. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bladder'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bladder'
From: Moby 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
Words containing 'Bladder'
- Bladdered,
- Bladdering,
- Bladder campion,
- Bladder nut,
- Bladder pod,
- Bladder senna,
- Bladder tree,
- Bladder worm,
- Bladder wrack,
- Gall bladder,
- Swim bladder,
- air bladder,
- bladder cherry,
- bladder disorder,
- bladder fern,
- bladder fucus,
- bladder ketmia,
- bladder sphincter,
- bladder stone,
- bladder tangle,
- bladder worms,
- flaccid bladder,
- neurogenic bladder,
- spastic bladder,
- urinary bladder,
- brittle bladder fern,
- bulblet bladder fern,
- mountain bladder fern