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# bursa

«bursa» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small bag of fluid in the body, usually near a joint…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bursa, bursae or bursas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science, body) A small bag of fluid in the body, usually near a joint like the knee or elbow, that stops bones, muscles and tendons from rubbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/#m1)

2) (a name) Bursa, a big city in north-west Turkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, a bursa acts like a cushion. If it gets swollen and sore, it is called bursitis, for example «housemaid's knee». Bursa in Turkey is a famous old city.

### examples

- A bursa helps your knee move smoothly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/#x1)
- The footballer hurt the bursa in his elbow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/#x2)
- Too much kneeling can swell the bursa in your knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/#x3)
- We flew to Bursa to visit relatives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/#x4)
- The doctor said Grandma's sore shoulder was a swollen bursa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/#x5)

### note

Plural: bursae (BUR-see) or bursas. Related: bursitis (swollen bursa). The city is written with a capital B.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bursa» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.