bursaladj.
/ˈbəːsəl/ 1. Physiology. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a bursa (see bursa n. 1).
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > organ receiving secretion > [adjective] > synovial sac
bursal1753
1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 261 The bursal and crucial ligaments..were..in their natural order.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. iv. 174 Bursal swellings.
2. (See bursa n. 2.)
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society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [adjective] > of or relating to student residence
bursal1852
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Bursa is more particularly used in middle age writers for a little college or hall in an university, for the residence of students, called bursales, or bursarii.]
1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 23 (note) Occupiers of the same bursal room.
3. Pertaining to the public revenue.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [adjective] > funds of sovereign or state
fiscal1570
bursal1837
Federal Reserve1913
hip pocket1946
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iv. 115 Quite another sort of Edicts, namely ‘bursal’ or fiscal ones.
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