"bulbus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bulbi [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|bulbus|t=bulb}} Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb”) Head templates: {{en-noun|bulbi}} bulbus (plural bulbi)
  1. (sciences, medicine) Bulb (e.g., flower bulb, body part).
    Sense id: en-bulbus-en-noun--YMlhBzF Categories (other): Medicine, Sciences Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (sciences, medicine) Bulb (e.g., flower bulb, body part).
    (sciences, medicine)
    Wikidata QID: Q17486816
    Sense id: en-bulbus-en-noun-en:Q17486816 Categories (other): Medicine, Sciences, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 47 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 49 49 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (sciences, medicine) Bulb (e.g., flower bulb, body part).
    (sciences, medicine)
    Wikidata QID: Q17486816 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: bulbus oculi
    Sense id: en-bulbus-en-noun-en:Q174868161 Categories (other): Medicine, Sciences, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 47 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 49 49 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bulbus cordis, bulbus glandis, bulbus oculi

Inflected forms

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