Definitions for bladder
ˈblæd ərblad·der

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bladder, vesica(noun)

   a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)

2. bladder(noun)

   a bag that fills with air

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bladder(Noun)

   A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

2. bladder(Noun)

   Specifically, the urinary bladder.

3. bladder(Noun)

   A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.

4. bladder(Noun)

   The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.

5. bladder(Noun)

   A sealed, plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.

Origin: Akin to Old High German platara (German Blatter) and Old Norse blaðra (Danish blære).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bladder(noun)

   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

2. Bladder(noun)

   any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid

3. Bladder(noun)

   a distended, membranaceous pericarp

4. Bladder(noun)

   anything inflated, empty, or unsound

5. Bladder(verb)

   to swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate

6. Bladder(verb)

   to put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bladder

   blad′ėr, n. a thin bag distended with liquid or air: the receptacle for the urine.—adjs. Bladd′ered, Bladd′ery, swollen like a bladder.—n. Bladd′erwort, a genus of slender aquatic plants, the leaves floating. [A.S. blǽdre—blawan; Old Ger. blahan, blajan, to blow; Ger. blase, bladder—blasen, to blow; cf. L. flat-us, breath.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bladder

   A type of organ.

   Humans and animals have a bladder.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 9, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bladder' in Nouns Frequency: #2921

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bladder in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bladder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bladder in a Sentence

1. Alfred Hitchcock:

   The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

2. Amy George:

   When the bladder gets distended, it sends a signal to the brain saying it needs to empty.

3. Thais Aliabadi:

   Inability to fully empty the bladder, blockages in the urinary tract, and anatomical defects.

4. Amy George:

   Going to the restroom very frequently but having small-volume voids is classic overactive bladder.

5. Ellen Mowry:

   Caffeine can irritate the bladder, increasing problems with urination that some people with MS already experience.

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