BULLA


Meaning of BULLA in English

/bool"euh, bul"euh/ , n. , pl. bullae /bool"ee, bul"ee/ .

1. a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.

2. an ancient Roman pendant, consisting of a rounded box containing an amulet.

3. Pathol. a large vesicle.

4. Zool. a blisterlike or bubblelike prominence of a bone, as that of the tympanic bone in the skull of certain mammals.

[ 1840-50; bulla official seal) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .