Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 23 compound words that contain bladder. The most common are listed below. Open bladder in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- gall bladderA pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
- urinary bladderAn elastic, muscular sac situated in the pelvic cavity, into which urine from the kidneys is temporarily stored prior to disposal by urination. Urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra.
- bladder cancerA disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder.
- bladder cherryA plant, Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), having a bright, paperlike covering over its fruit, native to southern Europe.
- swim bladderA gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing.
- bladder campionA perennial European herb, Silene vulgaris, having an inflated calyx
- bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus, seaweed widespread in the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
- cackle-bladderA bladder containing (real or fake) blood, used to fake someone's death or injury, as in espionage or confidence tricks where a person is made to think that he is an accessory to murder.
- bladder fernAny of the genus Cystopteris of ferns in the family Cystopteridaceae.
- air bladderAn internal organ that fish use to control their buoyancy, allowing them to maintain or change depth by changing their density.
- gas bladderAn internal organ that fish use to control their buoyancy, allowing them to maintain or change depth by changing their density.
- shy bladderAn inability to urinate in the presence of others.
- bladder desperationA paraphilia or sexual practice involving arousal from the feeling of one or someone else having a full urinary bladder.
- bladder sennaColutea arborescens, a leguminous shrub.
- bladder infectionA urinary tract infection.
- bladder infectionsplural of bladder infection: A urinary tract infection.
- bladder wormAlternative form of bladderworm: A bladderlike larva of a tapeworm, especially the pork tapeworm (species Taenia solium).
- bladder kelpKelp of genus Macrocystis.
- overactive bladderA medical condition in which the patient's bladder-storage function is affected, leading to a frequent feeling of needing to urinate, and sometimes loss of bladder control.
- bladder cicadaA cicada of the Australian genus Cystosoma, especially Cystosoma saundersii, of eastern Australia, having a large green abdomen.
- painful bladder syndromeinterstitial cystitis
- bladder wormsplural of bladder worm: A bladderlike larva of a tapeworm, especially the pork tapeworm (species Taenia solium).
- bladder plumAn abortion of the fruit of plums, the stone being absent and a thin bladder representing the rest of the fruit.
- plum bladderSynonym of bladder plum: An abortion of the fruit of plums, the stone being absent and a thin bladder representing the rest of the fruit.
- bladder cancersplural of bladder cancer: A disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder.
Compound words 23
- gallbladderAlternative spelling of gall bladder: A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
- bladderwrackFucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
- bladderwortAny of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.
- bladdernutAny of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus Staphylea, in the family Staphyleaceae
- bladderpodAny of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia.
- bladderwormA bladderlike larva of a tapeworm, especially the pork tapeworm (species Taenia solium).
- bladderlikeResembling or characteristic of a bladder.
- bladderyHaving bladders.
- megabladderAn abnormally enlarged urinary bladder
- neobladderA replacement for the bladder, made from segments of bowel, for use following cystectomy