Any disease of a bursa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(bәr-sop´ә-the) any disease of a bursa.
Type: Term Pronunciation: ber-sop′ă-thē Definitions: 1. Any disease of a bursa.
Bursopathy: Disease involving a bursa, a closed fluid-filled sac that supplies a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. Bursopathy includes, for instance, inflammation of a bursa (bursitis).
bursopathy Any disease of a bursa (a sac or saclike cavity filled with a viscid [VIS id] or sticky fluid that is situated at places in the tissues at which friction would otherwise develop).