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Webster 1913 Edition
Bladder
Blad′der
(blăd′dẽr)
, Noun.
[OE.
bladder
, bleddre
, AS. blǣdre
, blǣddre
; akin to Icel. blaðra
, SW. bläddra
, Dan. blære
, D. blaar
, OHG. blātara
the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter
blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. blāwan
, E. blow
, to puff. See Blow
to puff.] 1.
(Anat.)
A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid;
as, the urinary
; – applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. bladder
; the gall bladder
2.
Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.
3.
(Bot.)
A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
4.
Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
“To swim with bladders of philosophy.” Rochester.
Bladder nut
, or
Bladder tree
(Bot.)
, a genus of plants (
– Staphylea
) with bladderlike seed pods. Bladder pod
(Bot.)
, a genus of low herbs (
– Vesicaria
) with inflated seed pods. Bladdor senna
(Bot.)
, a genus of shrubs (
– Colutea
), with membranaceous, inflated pods. Bladder worm
(Zool.)
, the larva of any species of tapeworm (
– Tænia
), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See Measle
, Cysticercus
. Bladder wrack
(Bot.)
, the common black rock weed of the seacoast (
Fucus nodosus
and Fucus vesiculosus
) – called also bladder tangle
. See Wrack
.Blad′der
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bladdered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bladdering
.] 1.
To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
[Obs.]
G. Fletcher.
2.
To put up in bladders;
as,
. bladdered
lardWebster 1828 Edition
Bladder
BLAD'DER
, n.[Eng.a blade; L.latus.]1.
A thin membranous bag in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some secreted fluid, as the urinary bladder, the gall bladder, &c. By way of eminence, the word, in common language, denotes the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.2.
Any vesicle, blister or pustule, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery liquor.3.
In botany, a distended membranaceous pericarp.