gall bladder
Britishnoun
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When Johnson underwent anesthesia for a gall bladder operation, Moyers was given responsibility to decide whether then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey should take over the president’s powers in the event of a crisis.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
One patient, Mariah Jacqueline Scott, 32, who lives in Highland Park, N.J., has had two hip replacements, two shoulder replacements, a splenectomy, a gall bladder removal and a tonsillectomy because of the disease.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023
He visited his GP and underwent scans and blood tests, but his cancer was only picked up by chance when he got an infection in his gall bladder.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2022
Paulsen, the Bellevue Daily Harvest customer, said she continues to suffer from gastrointestinal pain related to her gall bladder removal surgery.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2022
When there is no food in the intestine, the bile is stored up in the gall bladder under the liver.
From Health Lessons Book 1 by Davison, Alvin
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