gall bladder
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Gall bladder — Gall Gall (g[add]l), n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. ?, and prob. to E. yellow. [root]49. See {Yellow}, and cf. {Choler}] 1. (Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gall bladder — gall bladders N COUNT Your gall bladder is the organ in your body which contains bile and is next to your liver … English dictionary
gall bladder — gall .bladder n the organ in your body in which ↑bile is stored … Dictionary of contemporary English
gall bladder — gall ,bladder noun count the organ next to your liver where your body stores a liquid called bile … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gall bladder — ► NOUN ▪ a small sac shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored … English terms dictionary
gall bladder — noun a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion • Syn: ↑gallbladder • Hypernyms: ↑bladder, ↑vesica • Part Holonyms: ↑thorax, ↑chest, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gall bladder — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms gall bladder : singular gall bladder plural gall bladders medical the organ next to your liver where your body stores a liquid called bile … English dictionary
gall bladder — a pear shaped sac (7 10 cm long), lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored. Bile passes (via the hepatic duct) to the gall bladder from the liver, where it is formed, and is released into the duodenum (through the… … Medical dictionary
gall bladder — a pear shaped sac (7–10 cm long), lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored. Bile passes (via the common hepatic duct) to the gall bladder from the liver, where it is formed, and is released into the duodenum (through… … The new mediacal dictionary
gall bladder — Au. ♦ The gall bladder has burst, yellowness spreads, pohā ke au, ke pi i nei ka lena (of ill will) … English-Hawaiian dictionary
gall bladder — small sac associated with the liver used for storing the bile which is used in digestion. It opens by 4 6 ducts through the dorsal anterior wall of the expanded duodenum, posterior to the pyloric caeca … Dictionary of ichthyology
