Your bladder is the part of your body where urine is stored until it leaves your body.
2. See also gall bladder
bladder in British English
(ˈblædə)
noun
1. anatomy
a distensible membranous sac, usually containing liquid or gas, esp the urinary bladder
▶ Related adjective: vesical
2.
an inflatable part of something
3.
a blister, cyst, vesicle, etc, usually filled with fluid
4.
a hollow vesicular or saclike part or organ in certain plants, such as the bladderwort or bladderwrack
Derived forms
bladdery (ˈbladdery)
adjective
Word origin
Old English blǣdre
bladder in American English
(ˈblædər)
noun
1.
a bag consisting of or lined with membranous tissue in the body of many animals, capableof inflation to receive and contain liquids or gases; esp. the urinary bladder in the pelvic cavity, which holds urine flowing from the kidneys
2.
a thing resembling such a bag, as the inflatable rubber bag inside the leather cover of a football
3.
a.
an inflated covering of certain fruits
b.
an air sac, as in some water plants
Word origin
ME bladre < OE blæddre < IE *bhlē-: see blast
Examples of 'bladder' in a sentence
bladder
Two years ago he had his gall bladder removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And left another with serious burns during a gall bladder operation.
The Sun (2016)
Doctors said it was destroying my kidneys, bladder, eyes and stomach.
The Sun (2016)
It is also linked to an increased risk of bladder cancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This causes pain and bowel and bladder problems.
The Sun (2007)
Weak at bladder and weak at brains.
The Sun (2013)
Early diagnosis of bladder or kidney cancer makes these diseases more treatable.
The Sun (2014)
His surgery was keyhole and had taken place in his gall bladder.
The Sun (2015)
They jump up at night for a leak and have to strain to empty their bladder.
The Sun (2008)
These were to help her restore control of her bladder and bowels.
The Sun (2006)
The veteran admits to having a weak bladder.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His gall bladder and half of his liver were removed.
The Sun (2012)
After a while her bladder and bowels began to work again.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Only empty your bladder when you really need to.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This could mean that a patient coming in for treatment of bladder cancer would receive an injection of the cloaked antibodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His kidney and bladder were destroyed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Police and ambulance staff found injuries to his chest and back but his death was blamed on complications from gall bladder surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There's no harsher critic than a man with a full bladder.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The doctors say it's a weak bladder.
The Sun (2008)
In other languages
bladder
British English: bladder /ˈblædə/ NOUN
Your bladder is the part of your body where urine is held until it leaves your body.
...a full bladder.
American English: bladder
Arabic: مَثَانَة
Brazilian Portuguese: bexiga anatomia
Chinese: 膀胱
Croatian: mjehur
Czech: močový měchýř
Danish: blære
Dutch: blaas
European Spanish: vejiga
Finnish: virtsarakko
French: vessie
German: Blase Organ
Greek: κύστη
Italian: vescica
Japanese: 膀胱
Korean: 방광
Norwegian: blære
Polish: pęcherz moczowy
European Portuguese: bexiga anatomia
Romanian: vezică
Russian: мочевой пузырь
Latin American Spanish: vejiga
Swedish: urinblåsa
Thai: กระเพาะปัสสาวะ
Turkish: sidik torbası
Ukrainian: сечовий міхур
Vietnamese: bàng quang
All related terms of 'bladder'
air bladder
an air-filled sac , lying above the alimentary canal in bony fishes , that regulates buoyancy at different depths by a variation in the pressure of the air
bladder fern
a small fern , Cystoperis fragilis , with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
bladder kelp
any of various giant brown algae with air bladders that buoy up the leafy portions
bladder senna
a Eurasian leguminous plant, Colutea arborescens , with yellow and red flowers and membranous inflated pods
bladder worm
an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm . The main types are cysticercus , hydatid , and coenurus
bladder wrack
any of various brown algae (genera Ascophyllum and Fucus ), having a flattened body and conspicuous air bladders
gall bladder
Your gall bladder is the organ in your body which contains bile and is next to your liver .
swim bladder
a gas-filled sac in the dorsal portion of the body cavity of most bony fishes, giving buoyancy to the body and used as an accessory , lunglike organ in lungfishes
bladder campion
a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris , having white flowers with an inflated calyx
bladder cancer
any cancer of the bladder
bladder ketmia
plant with pale yellow flowers
bladder ketmie
→ flower-of-an-hour
urinary bladder
a distensible membranous sac in which the urine excreted from the kidneys is stored
bladder infection
An infection is a disease caused by germs or bacteria.
flower-of-an-hour
a malvaceous Old World herbaceous plant, Hibiscus trionum , having pale yellow flowers with a bladder-like calyx