bursa Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a city in northwestern Turkey
    Brusa.
  2. noun a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints

WordNet

Bur"sa noun
Etymology
L. See Burse.
Wordforms
plural Bursæ
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.

Webster 1913