Bladder
noun
A small sack in your body that holds your urine until it leaves your body.
She had to use the bathroom because her bladder was full.
Often appears as...
- bladder infection
- bladder control
noun
An inflatable or expanding part of an object or device.
The bladder of this football has burst, so it won't inflate properly.
Often appears as...
- bladder tank
- bladder of a football
noun
A small sack in your body that holds your urine until it leaves your body.
She had to use the bathroom because her bladder was full.
Often appears as...
- bladder infection
- bladder control
noun
An inflatable or expanding part of an object or device.
The bladder of this football has burst, so it won't inflate properly.
Often appears as...
- bladder tank
- bladder of a football
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Biological Organ
Remember that in a medical context, 'bladder' refers to a body part. It's specific and less formal than 'vesica'.
The doctor checked her bladder for any abnormalities.
Pro Tip 2/3Plural Usage
'Bladder' rarely appears in plural because most humans and animals have only one.
Multiple sclerosis can affect the bladder's function.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Embarrassing Term
Using 'bladder' is appropriate and polite when discussing the need to urinate in any setting.
Excuse me, I need to empty my bladder. Where's the restroom?
Pro Tip 1/3Biological Organ
Remember that in a medical context, 'bladder' refers to a body part. It's specific and less formal than 'vesica'.
The doctor checked her bladder for any abnormalities.
Pro Tip 2/3Plural Usage
'Bladder' rarely appears in plural because most humans and animals have only one.
Multiple sclerosis can affect the bladder's function.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Embarrassing Term
Using 'bladder' is appropriate and polite when discussing the need to urinate in any setting.
Excuse me, I need to empty my bladder. Where's the restroom?
Pro Tip 1/3Biological Organ
Remember that in a medical context, 'bladder' refers to a body part. It's specific and less formal than 'vesica'.
The doctor checked her bladder for any abnormalities.
Pro Tip 2/3Plural Usage
'Bladder' rarely appears in plural because most humans and animals have only one.
Multiple sclerosis can affect the bladder's function.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Embarrassing Term
Using 'bladder' is appropriate and polite when discussing the need to urinate in any setting.
Excuse me, I need to empty my bladder. Where's the restroom?
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The next species of...
with re-grown bladders, which is much more pleasant than walking around with a whole bunch of plastic bags for the rest of your life. This is kind of getting boring, right? I mean, you understand where this story's going. But, I mean it gets more interesting. Last year, this group was able to take all the cells off a heart,
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Scientists "See" Ocean...
bottom which is very hard it could be air bubbles that's produced by waiks waves or boats or it could be gas bladders or swim bladders in case of fish each night as the ship sails back and forth off land Taylor's sonar spots the fish and adds important information to the maps the habitats are very
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Is it bad to hold your...
but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis. Surrounding this structure are several other organs
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Printing a human kidney...
So after the surgery, life got a lot better for me. I was able to do more things. I was able to wrestle in high school. I became the captain of the team, and that was great. I was able to be a normal kid with my friends. And because they used my own cells to build this bladder,
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A new way to "grow"...
This is real life. It's real. And we flew there with these canvas bladders in our suitcases, we got sunburned because it was Boston winter, and then we filled them with sand and we placed them underwater. These are exactly the same geometries that you saw in the tank,
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Why the universe seems...
than the number of glassfuls, or bladdersful, in the world. And of course, there's nothing special about Cromwell or bladders -- you have just breathed in a nitrogen atom that passed through the right lung of the third iguanodon to the left of the tall cycad tree.
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Printing a human kidney...
wrestle in high school I became the captain the team and that was great I was able to be you know the normal kid with my friends and because they use my own cells to you know build this bladder it's gonna be with me I got it for life so I'm all set
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The effects of...
So, any air-filled spaces, like a rockfish's swim bladder, or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface,
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Nancy Kanwisher: A...
So as somebody who has pretty close to the world record of total number of hours spent inside an MRI scanner, I can tell you that one of the skills that's really important for MRI research is bladder control.
Video examples
The Deadly Portuguese...
creature the portuguese manor war it floats with the help of a gas-filled bladder
Video examples
The next species of...
with re-grown bladders, which is much more pleasant than walking around with a whole bunch of plastic bags for the rest of your life. This is kind of getting boring, right? I mean, you understand where this story's going. But, I mean it gets more interesting. Last year, this group was able to take all the cells off a heart,
Video examples
Scientists "See" Ocean...
bottom which is very hard it could be air bubbles that's produced by waiks waves or boats or it could be gas bladders or swim bladders in case of fish each night as the ship sails back and forth off land Taylor's sonar spots the fish and adds important information to the maps the habitats are very
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis. Surrounding this structure are several other organs
Video examples
Printing a human kidney...
So after the surgery, life got a lot better for me. I was able to do more things. I was able to wrestle in high school. I became the captain of the team, and that was great. I was able to be a normal kid with my friends. And because they used my own cells to build this bladder,
Video examples
A new way to "grow"...
This is real life. It's real. And we flew there with these canvas bladders in our suitcases, we got sunburned because it was Boston winter, and then we filled them with sand and we placed them underwater. These are exactly the same geometries that you saw in the tank,
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
than the number of glassfuls, or bladdersful, in the world. And of course, there's nothing special about Cromwell or bladders -- you have just breathed in a nitrogen atom that passed through the right lung of the third iguanodon to the left of the tall cycad tree.
Video examples
Printing a human kidney...
wrestle in high school I became the captain the team and that was great I was able to be you know the normal kid with my friends and because they use my own cells to you know build this bladder it's gonna be with me I got it for life so I'm all set
Video examples
The effects of...
So, any air-filled spaces, like a rockfish's swim bladder, or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface,
Video examples
Nancy Kanwisher: A...
So as somebody who has pretty close to the world record of total number of hours spent inside an MRI scanner, I can tell you that one of the skills that's really important for MRI research is bladder control.
Video examples
The Deadly Portuguese...
creature the portuguese manor war it floats with the help of a gas-filled bladder
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Quote examples
Allan Sherman
American Musician
It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!
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Roger Ebert
American Critic
I remember when a Coke came in a six-ounce bottle, and delicious it was. Now it comes in sizes so big that I question how the human bladder can deal with the intake.
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Gary Lineker
English Footballer
In this country, since footballs made from pigs' bladders were whacked into goals without nets, we've played on full-size pitches. Whatever our age.
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John Lithgow
American Actor
When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder.
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Kunal Nayyar
British Actor
I did learn that there's no point in eating too much Vitamin C because it comes out of your bladder.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
I don't drink in the cinema because I have a bladder the size of a hummingbird.
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Stephen Fry
British Comedian
I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
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Bob Schieffer
American Journalist
My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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Diane Lane
American Actress
Playing dead is difficult with a full bladder.
Quote examples
Allan Sherman
American Musician
It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!
Quote examples
Roger Ebert
American Critic
I remember when a Coke came in a six-ounce bottle, and delicious it was. Now it comes in sizes so big that I question how the human bladder can deal with the intake.
Quote examples
Gary Lineker
English Footballer
In this country, since footballs made from pigs' bladders were whacked into goals without nets, we've played on full-size pitches. Whatever our age.
Quote examples
John Lithgow
American Actor
When people are taking something extremely seriously, that's the time to take out the pig's bladder.
Quote examples
Kunal Nayyar
British Actor
I did learn that there's no point in eating too much Vitamin C because it comes out of your bladder.
Quote examples
Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Quote examples
Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
I don't drink in the cinema because I have a bladder the size of a hummingbird.
Quote examples
Stephen Fry
British Comedian
I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
Quote examples
Bob Schieffer
American Journalist
My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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Diane Lane
American Actress
Playing dead is difficult with a full bladder.
Example 1 of 10
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