Word: bursa
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...other type of lymphocyte, the B-cell, undergoes differentiation, in chickens, at least, in an organ called the bursa of Fabricius. (Where that transformation takes place in man has not yet been positively determined, but it can be assumed that the human body contains an equivalent of the bursa.) B-cells are called the agents of humoral immunity because they synthesize antibodies that circulate freely in the blood. The antibodies, actually globular proteins, help the body resist disease-causing organisms. Both the B-cells and T-cells reside primarily in the body's lymphoid tissues, which are found under...
...tissues), tenosynovitis (inflammation of a tendon sheath), and such oddities as psychogenic rheumatism. Treatment: aspirin, possibly combined with hormones such as cortisone, prednisone and prednisolone. Codeine helps kill the pain, and heat is helpful. In bursitis, surgery is sometimes used to scrape calcified deposits from the inside of a bursa. In psychogenic rheumatism no physical cause can be found for the patient's undeniable physical ills. Symptoms most often resemble those of fibrositis and the two are often confused. (Adding to the confusion, some experts hold that the disorders are really one and the same.) Exceptionally common...
This small story, appearing last week in Bursa's satirical weekly Chivi, was one Turkish magazine's arch way of replying to Premier Adnan Menderes' recent clampdown on freedom of the press in Turkey (TIME, June 11). But though Chivi was only fooling, it soon found that Menderes was not. The ink was scarcely dry, when Chivi's editor was haled into court, fined 10,000 lire ($3,600) and sentenced to a year in jail for "writing with malicious and tendentious intent...
...Where one muscle rubs against another or against some harsh edge of bone, the human body often interposes a bursa. Somewhat like a small collapsed balloon, the bursa has lax walls and a slick lubricated interior surface that equips it to absorb friction. Bursitis is inflammation of one or more of these bearings of the body. It is a common ailment. Nearly all cases are caused by some form of extra wear, tear or injury; usually, the victim is not certain about the specific cause. President Eisenhower does not know exactly what caused his trouble...
...Jest. Near Bursa, Turkey, two passengers jumped from a speeding bus when a prankster, riding along in a coffin, raised...