bulla

• Spec. , 7b: Fecit Franciscus regulam quam papa Honorius confirmavit cum bulla, de qua regula multa fuerunt extracta per ministros contra voluntatem b. Francisci . —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of St. Francis of Assisi, by Paul Sabatier.
• "Brong da bulla," it stated, having freed the bone and flung it away. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
• It's no wonder that people such as Francisco Rodríguez are calling the government's bluff and framing the achievements of the government's social programs as more "bulla" than "cabuya". —  Caracas Chronicles
• Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is when a bulla or air bubble in the lung tissue ruptures and the air makes its way out of the lung and accumulates between the lung and chest wall. —  Scientific American
• Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax can be caused by lung diseases that produce the bulla, such as emphysema or asthma. —  Scientific American

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