bulla

English

noun
Definitions
  • (medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion.
  • (archaeology) A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
  • (historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
  • Later, a handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
  • The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object, document, amulet, round object, round swelling, water bubble, stud, buble, button, bud, decree, bull, knob).

Origin

Latin

bulla

Gloss

bubble, rounded object, document, amulet, round object, round swelling, water bubble, stud, buble, button, bud, decree, bull, knob

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

芽

Emoji
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