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bulla

  (bʊl'ə) pronunciation
n., pl. bul·lae (bʊl'ē).
  1. A round seal affixed to a papal bull.
  2. Pathology. A large blister or vesicle.

[Medieval Latin, from Latin, bubble, seal.]


 
 
(bǒǒl′ə)
n

A circumscribed, elevated lesion of the skin containing fluid and measuring more than 5 mm in diameter.

 

A circular metal boss used by the ancient Romans as a decoration for fastening parts of doors; often highly ornamented.

bulla


 

(pl. bullae) [Ar]

A hollow clay ball which contained tokens representing goods despatched or exchanged and was thus part of a system of accounts in early Mesopotamia.

 

Pl. bullae [L.] a blister; a circumscribed, fluid-containing, elevated lesion of the skin, usually more than 5 mm in diameter.

  • emphysematous b. — spherical air-filled cavities in the interlobular spaces and under the pleura, often in large numbers, as part of a general state of pulmonary emphysema.
  • lacrimal b. — a large extension of the thin bony wall of the maxillary sinus in the ox, which bulges into the ventral part of the orbit. There is a small lacrimal bulla also in the pig.
  • osseous b. — see tympanic bulla (below).
  • tympanic b. — a thin-walled bony capsule which houses an extension of the cavity of the middle ear, the tympanic cavity.


 
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