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Definition of Bladder
Blad´der Pronunciation: blăd´dẽr | n. | 1. | | | 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. | | 2. | Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. | | 3. | (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. | | 4. | Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. | | v. t. | 1. | To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. | | 2. | To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard. |
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