| bladder | | |
| n. (body) | 1. bladder, vesica | a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas). |
| ~ gall bladder, gallbladder | a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion. |
| ~ urinary bladder | a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine. |
| ~ sac | a structure resembling a bag in an animal. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bladder | a bag that fills with air. |
| ~ bag | a flexible container with a single opening.; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" |
| ~ football | the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football. |
| urinary bladder | | |
| n. (body) | 1. urinary bladder | a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine. |
| ~ apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system | the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine. |
| ~ urinary tract | the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine. |
| ~ bladder, vesica | a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas). |
| ~ bladder sphincter, musculus sphincter vesicae | the sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder; made up of a thickened muscular layer of bladder around the urethral opening. |
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