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BLADDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bag that fills with air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bladder" is a kind of...):

bag (a flexible container with a single opening)

Holonyms ("bladder" is a part of...):

football (the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)

Synonyms:

bladder; vesica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("bladder" is a kind of...):

sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bladder"):

gall bladder; gallbladder (a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion)

urinary bladder (a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine)

Derivation:

bladdery (resembling a bladder)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The uppermost part of the prostate gland adjacent to the bladder wall.

(Base of the Prostate, NCI Thesaurus)

I observed, here and there, many in the habit of servants, with a blown bladder, fastened like a flail to the end of a stick, which they carried in their hands.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A catheter is used to place the BCG solution into the bladder where it is held for about two hours.

(BCG solution, NCI Dictionary)

Or the amount of urine produced overnight can be more than the bladder can hold.

(Bedwetting, NIH)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of cancers of the liver, colon, bladder, breast and prostate.

(MIR127 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of bladder and colorectal cancer, Burkitt lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and obesity.

(MIR143 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Certain allelic variants of the NAT2 gene are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and certain types of cancer such as bladder cancer and colorectal cancer.

(NAT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Nalidixic acid concentrates in the renal tubules and bladder and exerts its local antibacterial actions by interference of DNA gyrase activity, thereby inhibiting DNA synthesis during bacterial replication in a dose-dependent manner.

(Nalidixic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Malfunctioning urinary bladder due to central nervous system disorders or damage to the peripheral nerves that are involved in the control of urination.

(Neurogenic Bladder, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to Nitrilotriacetic acid irritates the skin, eyes and respiratory tract and causes kidney and bladder damage.

(Nitrilotriacetic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)