bulla
noun
Meaning
- A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion.
- A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
- In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
- Later, a handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
- The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance)
- A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg.
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