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Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

Relating to stone in the bladder.

Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R.

Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.

ass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder. But never tears his cheek descended. Byron.

ing characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder.

atodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.

icity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc. The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden.

tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo. To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. Macaulay.

any fish of the family Sciænidæ, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.

llel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. Upton (Tactics).

placement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor. The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder's fang. Coleridge.

An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart. Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. Buckminster.

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. -- Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.