Bursa

noun

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.nounAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

Synonyms

omental subacromial suprapatellar semimembranosus subdeltoid infrapatellar prepatellar sac semimembranous stock bourse bursalogy

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