bulla

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin bulla ("bubble"). bull.