Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat 16

Synonyymit

KieliKäännökset
latinabulla
ruotsiblåsa
suomivesikello

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. (biology, medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
  2. A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg.
  3. (biology, medicine) (usually and especially) Such a blister that is more than 5 mm in diameter.
  4. (archaeology) A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
  5. (historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
  6. Later, a handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
  7. (biology) Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.
  8. The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance).

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkobullae
Monikkobullas

(archaeology) A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.

A bulla (or clay envelope) and its contents on display at the Louvre. Uruk period (4000–3100 BC).

(historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.

Detail from a relief showing a Roman boy wearing a bulla

Later, a handwritten document from the papal chancellery.

A bull of Pope Urban VIII. Note the lead seal attached to the cord.