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bladder

[blad-er] / ˈblæd ər /


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It can cause cognitive issues, difficulty walking and the loss of bladder control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

She was so desperate she even considered selling her house to pay for private surgery to have her bladder removed.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Tyra Biosciences and Johnson & Johnson are pursuing their own approaches to treating a common, early-stage form of bladder cancer.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies the chemical as a probable carcinogen and has linked exposure to bladder cancer, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

When her garden cherub’s silver arc dried up inexplicably, it was Dr. Velutha who fixed its bladder for her.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Before blood pressure was measured, participants emptied their bladders and walked for two minutes to simulate the typical experience of walking into a clinic or medical office before a screening.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

U.S. bases and installations throughout the Indo-Pacific—such as in Japan, the Philippines and Guam—are in desperate need of hardened aircraft shelters, air defenses, reinforced munitions storage bunkers and fuel bladders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

In Germany emerged so-called "Herod games" in which people would reportedly stage mock attacks on churches and assail bystanders with inflated animal bladders to ridicule the cruel absurdity of the Judean king.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

But this artistic rationale is being pushed to its limits - with audience bladders left bursting as directors are empowered like never before.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024

“Now here’s a sight to see,” he quipped as they were emptying their bladders, “a dwarf and a duck, making the mighty Rhoyne that much mightier.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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