bursa

noun pl. bursae or bursas

Anat. a sac or pouchlike cavity, esp. one containing a fluid that reduces friction, as between a tendon and bone

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city in NW Turkey: capital of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th cent.: pop. 775,000

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