urinary bladder

noun

An 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.

Similar
bladdercystis urinariaurocysturocystisvesicavesica urinaria
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Meanings

nounurinary bladder (plural urinary bladders)

plural urinary bladders

  1. anatomyAn 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.

    Synonyms: bladder, cystis urinaria, urocyst, urocystis, vesica, vesica urinaria

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn 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.

Similar
bladdercystis urinariaurocysturocystisvesicavesica urinaria

Translations

Afrikaans blaas
  • blaasurinary bladder
Arabic مَثَانَة, مَثَانَة بَوْلِيَّة
  • مَثَانَة (maṯāna)urinary bladder
  • مَثَانَة بَوْلِيَّة (maṯāna bawliyya)urinary bladder
Bengali মূত্রাশয়
  • মূত্রাশয় (mutraśoẏ)urinary bladder
Bulgarian пи́кочен меху́р
  • пи́кочен меху́р (píkočen mehúr)urinary bladder
Catalan bufeta, veixiga
  • bufetaurinary bladder
  • veixigaurinary bladder
  • bufaurinary bladder
Chinese Cantonese 膀胱
  • 膀胱 (pong⁴ gwong¹)urinary bladder
Chinese Mandarin 膀胱
  • 膀胱 (pángguāng)urinary bladder
Czech močový měchýř
  • močový měchýřurinary bladder
Danish urinblære
  • urinblæreurinary bladder
Dutch blaas
  • blaasurinary bladder
Esperanto urina veziko
  • urina vezikourinary bladder
Estonian kusepõis
  • kusepõisurinary bladder
Finnish virtsarakko
  • virtsarakkourinary bladder
French vessie
  • vessieurinary bladder
German Blase, Harnblase
  • Blaseurinary bladder
  • Harnblaseurinary bladder
Greek ουροδόχος κύστη
  • ουροδόχος κύστη (ourodóchos kýsti)urinary bladder
Hindi मूत्राशय, मसाना
  • मूत्राशय (mūtrāśay)urinary bladder
  • मसाना (masānā)urinary bladder
  • फुकना (phuknā)urinary bladder
Hungarian hólyag, húgyhólyag
  • hólyagurinary bladder
  • húgyhólyagurinary bladder
Icelandic þvagblaðra
  • þvagblaðraurinary bladder
Indonesian kandung kemih
  • kandung kemihurinary bladder
Irish lamhnán fuail, fual-lamhnán
  • lamhnán fuailurinary bladder
  • fual-lamhnánurinary bladder
Italian vescica
  • vescicaurinary bladder
Japanese 膀胱
  • 膀胱 (bōkō)urinary bladder
Korean 오줌통, 방광
  • 오줌통 (ojumtong)urinary bladder
  • 방광 (banggwang)urinary bladder
Latin vēsīca ūrīnāria
  • vēsīca ūrīnāriaurinary bladder
Latvian urīnpūslis
  • urīnpūslisurinary bladder
Lithuanian šlapimo pūslė
  • šlapimo pūslėurinary bladder
Malay pundi kencing
  • pundi kencingurinary bladder
Māori tōngāmimi, pukumimi
  • tōngāmimiurinary bladder
  • pukumimiurinary bladder
Norwegian Bokmål urinblære
  • urinblæreurinary bladder
Persian مَثانِه, میزدان
  • مَثانِه (masâne)urinary bladder
  • میزدان (mizdân)urinary bladder
  • گُمیزدان (gomizdân)urinary bladder
Polish pęcherz, pęcherz moczowy
  • pęcherzurinary bladder
  • pęcherz moczowyurinary bladder
Portuguese bexiga
  • bexigaurinary bladder
Romanian bășică, vezică
  • bășicăurinary bladder
  • vezicăurinary bladder
  • vezică urinarăurinary bladder
Russian мочево́й пузы́рь
  • мочево́й пузы́рь (močevój puzýrʹ)urinary bladder
Scottish Gaelic aotroman
  • aotromanurinary bladder
Slovak močový mechúr
  • močový mechúrurinary bladder
Spanish vejiga
  • vejigaurinary bladder
Swahili kibofu
  • kibofuurinary bladder
Swedish urinblåsa
  • urinblåsaurinary bladder
Tagalog pantog
  • pantogurinary bladder
Tamil சிறுநீர்ப்பை
  • சிறுநீர்ப்பை (ciṟunīrppai)urinary bladder
Thai หัวไส้, กระเพาะปัสสาวะ
  • หัวไส้ (hǔua-sâi)urinary bladder
  • กระเพาะปัสสาวะ (grà-pɔ́-bpàt-sǎa-wá)urinary bladder
Turkish kavuk, mesane
  • kavukurinary bladder
  • mesaneurinary bladder
  • sidik torbasıurinary bladder
  • idrar torbasıurinary bladder
  • idrar kesesiurinary bladder
  • sidik kesesiurinary bladder
Ukrainian сечови́й міху́р
  • сечови́й міху́р (sečovýj mixúr)urinary bladder
Urdu مَثانَہ, پُھکْنا
  • مَثانَہ (masānā)urinary bladder
  • پُھکْنا (phuknā)urinary bladder
Vietnamese bàng quang, bóng đái
  • bàng quangurinary bladder
  • bóng đáiurinary bladder
  • bọng đáiurinary bladder
Yiddish בלאָז, פּענכער
  • בלאָז (bloz)urinary bladder
  • פּענכער (penkher)urinary bladder
Cite this entry
APA

urinary bladder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinary%20bladder

MLA

“urinary bladder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinary%20bladder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urinary bladder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinary%20bladder.

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