bulla

bulla has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
• n.. The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
• n.. A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
• n.. A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
• n.. the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull
• n.. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid