Thesaurus: bladder

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1. n. 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. n. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.
3. n. A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
4. n. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
5. v. t. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
6. v. t. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
7. n. a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
8. n. a bag that fills with air
9. A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of somefluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- appliedespecially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or whentaken out and inflated with air.
10. n:100 n. a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) n. a bag that fills with air