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bursa

noun as in sac

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During the surgery, surgeons often remove a tissue called the bursa while repairing torn tendons in the shoulder joint, but the study suggests that the small tissue plays a role in helping the shoulder heal.

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Small fluid-filled sacs called bursa, which normally cushion the joint, may instead swell and ache.

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“Daniels is fine,” Kelly said, describing the QB’s injury as a bursa sac issue.

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Doctors diagnosed bursitis, inflammation of my elbow’s bursa sac, and prescribed antibiotics.

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"This is our Afghan authentic dress. Afghan women wear such colourful and modest attires. The black bursa has never been part of the Afghan culture," tweeted Spozhmay Maseed, a rights activist based in Virginia.

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