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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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