Bulla
Bulla comes from the Latin word bulla, meaning for "bubble". In medicine, it refers to a blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion. In archeology, it refers to a clay envelope, hollow ball, amulet, or seal.
Science and medicine
- Bulla (dermatology), a large blister (like a vesicle but bigger), containing serous or seropurulent fluid
- Bulla (lung), an air pocket in the lung
- Auditory bulla, a hollow bony structure on the ventral, posterior portion of the skull that encloses parts of the middle and inner ear
- Ethmoid bulla, part of the ethmoid bone of the skull
- Bulla (gastropod), a genus of marine snails
Places
- Bulla, Victoria, a town in Australia
- Bulla Bridge, a four span bluestone arched bridge over Deep Creek in the town of Bulla
- Bulla Bulling, a small townsite located 526 km east of Perth, Western Australia
- Bulla Island, an island in the Caspian Sea
- Bulla Regia, an archaeological site in northwestern Tunisia
Antiquity and the Roman Catholic Church
- Bulla (amulet) (plural bullae), a type of talisman
- Bulla (seal) (plural bullae), a type of seal (an authentication or security device) made of clay or metal
- Bulla Aurea, a golden seal attached to a decree issued by Byzantine emperors and later by monarchs in Europe
- Papal bull (Latin bulla; plural bullae), a type of letter or charter issued by a pope
Other uses
- Bulla (Dragon Ball), a character in the Dragon Ball manga whose name is also romanized as Bulla
- Bulla cake, a Jamaican pastry sweetened and colored brown with molasses, nutmeg and ginger
- Bulla Dairy Foods, a major Australian dairy company
- A character created by British comedian Ricky Grover
See also
- Bula (disambiguation)
- Bull (disambiguation)
- Bubble (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Bulla
- All pages with titles containing Bulla
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