bursal
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bur·sa
(bûr′sə)n. pl. bur·sae (-sē) 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.
[Late Latin, purse, pouch, from Greek, skin, wineskin.]
bur′sal adj.
Bur·sa
(bûr′sə, bo͝or-sä′) A city of northwest Turkey west of Ankara. It dates from the third century bc and was a capital of the Ottoman Turks in the 1300s.
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Adj. | 1. | bursal - relating to or affecting a bursa |
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