Word of the Day: Bursiform
PRONUNCIATION: [ih-lizh-uhn]
MEANING:
adjective: Shaped like a pouch or a sac, pouch-shaped; saccate.
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ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bursa (bag, pouch), from Greek byrsa (skin, hide). Earliest documented use: 1835.
USAGE: Our results indicated that mononuclear cells developed a bursiform shape.
PRONUNCIATION: [ih-lizh-uhn]
MEANING:
adjective: Shaped like a pouch or a sac, pouch-shaped; saccate.
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ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bursa (bag, pouch), from Greek byrsa (skin, hide). Earliest documented use: 1835.
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