gallbladder
or gall blad·der
a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.
Origin of gallbladder
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How to use gallbladder in a sentence
The pair have a wedding story for the ages: “We were married in the hospital after my emergency gall bladder removal!”
Homeland’s Tracy Letts, Writer of ‘August: Osage County,’ Says Oscar Mania Is Frustrating | Jason Lynch | November 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn April 3rd, Banks announced that he has late-stage gall bladder cancer and has only months to live.
Nerdiness from Noah: Iain M. Banks and 'The Culture' | Noah Kristula-Green | April 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe drainage tube to the bilary duct, which connected the intestines to the gall bladder, also failed.
This increased flow is beneficial in clearing out any bile stagnating in the gall-bladder.
If they were telling the truth I realized that labor's gall bladder had done bu'sted and we didn't have long to live.
The Iron Puddler | James J. Davis
The white man told him it meant that he "had done bu'sted his gall bladder and didn't have long to live."
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisThere was a considerable quantity of very dark bile in the gall-bladder.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis | Archibald MakellarBilateral malignant tumours of the ovaries are sometimes secondary to primary cancer of the gall-bladder and the breast.
British Dictionary definitions for gall bladder
a muscular pear-shaped sac, lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, that stores bile and ejects it into the duodenum through the common bile duct
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Scientific definitions for gallbladder
[ gôl′blăd′ər ]
A small, pear-shaped muscular sac in most vertebrates in which bile is stored. The gallbladder is located beneath the liver and secretes bile into the duodenum of the small intestine.
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Cultural definitions for gallbladder
A small, muscular sac located under the liver. Bile is stored in the gallbladder until it is needed by the small intestine for digestion. (See digestive system.)
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