bulla

Other forms of bulla

plural

bullae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bulla

What does bulla mean?

bulla means "(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bulla?

bulla has 2 syllables: bul-la. The stress falls on "bul". In IPA it is /ˈbʊlə/.

What is another word for bulla?

Close synonyms include blister, bleb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bulla a common word?

bulla is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.