1
a
: a membranous sac in animals that serves as the receptacle of a liquid or contains gas
especially
: urinary bladder
b
: a gas- or air-filled vesicle in certain algae and aquatic plants (such as rockweed) : air bladder sense b
2
: something (such as the rubber bag inside a football) resembling a bladder
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Norton died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles of bladder cancer, her granddaughter Mira Gonzalez told The Hollywood Reporter.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Still, Daly remained undeterred even through 16 surgeries and bladder cancer.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
April 29, 2025 The longtime Upper West Side home of Peter Yarrow, who rose to fame as part of the popular folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, is being sold by his estate, nearly four months after his death from bladder cancer.
—Vivian Marino, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Another of the nonprofit’s clients, death row prisoner Gerald Pizzuto, 69, who is terminally ill with bladder cancer, also is under an active execution stay.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Still, Daly remained undeterred even through 16 surgeries and bladder cancer.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
April 29, 2025 The longtime Upper West Side home of Peter Yarrow, who rose to fame as part of the popular folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, is being sold by his estate, nearly four months after his death from bladder cancer.
—Vivian Marino, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Another of the nonprofit’s clients, death row prisoner Gerald Pizzuto, 69, who is terminally ill with bladder cancer, also is under an active execution stay.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Bladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bladder. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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bladder
noun
blad·der
ˈblad-ər 
1
: a pouch in an animal in which a liquid or gas is stored
especially
: one into which urine passes from the kidneys and is stored temporarily until discharged by way of the urethra
2
: something resembling a bladder
especially
: a bag or container that can be blown up with air
Medical Definition
bladder
noun
blad·der
ˈblad-ər
1
: a membranous sac in animals that serves as the receptacle of a liquid or contains gas
especially
: urinary bladder
2
: a vesicle or pouch forming part of an animal body
the bladder of a tapeworm larva
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