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Bur·sa  (bûrs, br-sä)

A city of northwest Turkey west of Ankara. It dates from the third century b.c. and was a capital of the Ottoman Turks in the 1300s. Population: 1,190,000.

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bur·sa  (bûrs)

n. pl. bur·sae (-s) or bur·sas

A sac or saclike bodily cavity, especially one containing a viscous lubricating fluid and located between a tendon and a bone or at points of friction between moving structures.

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[Late Latin, purse, pouch, from Greek, skin, wineskin.]

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bursal adj.

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bursa [ˈbɜːsə]

n pl -sae [-siː], -sas

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology any saclike cavity or structure

[from Medieval Latin: bag, pouch, from Greek: skin, hide; see purse]

bursal  adj

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Bursa [ˈbɜːsə]

n

(Placename) a city in NW Turkey: founded in the 2nd century bc; seat of Bithynian kings. Pop.: 1 066 559 (1997) Former name Brusa

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bursa  (bûrs)

Plural bursae (bûrs) or bursas

A flattened sac containing a lubricating fluid that reduces friction between two moving structures in the body, as a tendon and a bone.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Bursa - a city in northwestern Turkey         Brusa Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
	2.	bursa - a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal