bladder
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1. bladder - Noun
2. bladder - Verb
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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.
Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.
A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
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A full bladder may have a small effect on blood pressure readings; if the urge to urinate arises, one should do so before the reading.
Aérospatiale-Celerg designed an LFRJ where the fuel is forced into the injectors by an elastomer bladder which inflates progressively along the length of the fuel tank.
BCG was FDA-approved in 1991 and is now widely used as a first line treatment for superficial bladder cancer.
Additional images Vertical section of bladder, penis, and urethra.
Another proposed etiology for interstitial cystitis is that the body's immune system attacks the bladder. citation Biopsies on the bladder walls of people with IC usually contain mast cells.
Another study was published in the British Medical Journal which selected 39 patients who were due to have their gall bladder removed the following day, because of suspected gallstones.