gallbladder

or gall blad·der

[ gawl-blad-er ]

nounAnatomy.
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1670–80; gall1 + bladder

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British Dictionary definitions for gall bladder

gall bladder

noun
  1. 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

gallbladder

[ gôlblăd′ər ]


  1. 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

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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