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bladder

blad·der [ bláddər ] (plural blad·ders)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. bodily sac for liquid or gas: an organ or other body part for storing a liquid or gas, especially the sac that stores urine urinary bladder or the sac that stores bile gallbladder

2. inflatable inner bag: an inflatable part of something, especially a football, that resembles a bag

3. botany sac in plant: a sac found in plants such as bladder wrack that stores air to help the plant to float or, as in bladderwort, traps insects

4. medicine fluid-filled blister: a blister or small sac filled with fluid

[ Old English blǣdre, blæddre< Indo-European]

blad·der·y [ bláddəree ] adjective
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