gall bladder

British  

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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Example Sentences

She does, however, warn patients to watch out for signs of something more serious, like gall bladder problems or pancreatitis.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

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

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

But they when they have offer'd the chump end Of a lean loin, the gall bladder, and bones, Not too agreeable or easy to eat, Unto the gods, consume the rest themselves.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us