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bladder Definition

blad·der (blad′ər)

noun

  1. a bag consisting of or lined with membranous tissue in the body of many animals, capable of inflation to receive and contain liquids or gases; esp. the urinary bladder in the pelvic cavity, which holds urine flowing from the kidneys
  2. a thing resembling such a bag, as the inflatable rubber bag inside the leather cover of a football
    1. an inflated covering of certain fruits
    2. an air sac, as in some water plants

Etymology: ME bladre < OE blæddre < IE *bhlē-: see blast

bladder Usage Examples

Possessives

pig: The first football was a pig's bladder filled with water.

Converse of object

  • distend: For example, spasticity can be aggravated by sensory stimulation from a pressure sore or a distended bladder or rectum.
  • irritate: It is best to avoid large quantities of caffeine and alcohol as these irritate the bladder.
  • swim: They do not have a swim bladder like other fish.
  • empty: Don't empty the bladder of urine, leave it inside the bladder.

Adjective modifier

  • overactive: There's help available 09/09/05 One in five men and women across the UK are forced to live with overactive bladders.
  • urinary: Then remove the catheter, leaving the stored urine inside the urinary bladder.
  • neurogenic: The other things are neurogenic bladder, and constipation.
  • bashful: Paruresis ( also known as ' bashful bladder ' syndrome ) is another type of social phobia.
  • irritable: Recent research shows that this condition of ' irritable bladder ' is not part of the normal aging process.
  • inflated: Shortly after this picture was taken, I was hit over the head with an inflated bladder on a stick.

Modifies a noun

  • washout: The ward staff will give you a supply of syringes for the bladder washouts to take home.
  • outflow: In particular, early prostate cancer does not cause the typical bladder outflow problems associated with BPH.
  • cancer: In most cases, bladder cancer is caused by external factors.
  • carcinoma: Many patients reviewed during a course of radical radiotherapy for bladder carcinoma have urinary flow symptoms, which may suggest impaired bladder emptying.
  • dysfunction: Risk of bladder dysfunction increases with age What could be simpler than emptying the bladder?
  • instillation: The unique bellows designed bottle allows one minute treatments thereby replacing the lengthy traditional bladder instillations.

Noun used with modifier

  • gall: The gall bladder is a storage site for bile.
  • hydration: Camelbak 3L Omega reservoir Walking experts the world over, all understand the advantages that a hydration bladder provide when walking.
  • swim: Often their gills collapse and their swim bladder can rupture due to the sudden change in pressure on their bodies.