Definition of Cholecyst

1. Noun. (anatomy) The gall bladder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cholecyst

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cholecyst

1. A digestive organ which stores bile (produced in the liver), used in the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholecyst

cholangitis lenta
cholanic acid
cholanoic acid
cholanopoiesis
cholanopoietic
cholanthrene
cholas
cholascos
cholate
cholates
chole-
cholecalciferol
cholecalcin
cholecarciferol
cholechromopoiesis
cholecyst (current term)
cholecystagogic
cholecystagogue
cholecystatony
cholecystectasia
cholecystectomies
cholecystectomy
cholecystenterostomy
cholecystenterotomy
cholecystic
cholecystis
cholecystitis
cholecystitises
cholecystocausis
cholecystocolostomy

Literary usage of Cholecyst

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of operative surgery by Holburt Jacob Waring (1898)
"cholecyst-enter- ostomy. Method of holding male portion of anastomosis button ... cholecyst- enterostomy. Method of holding female portion of anastomosis ..."

2. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"The cholecyst will appear as a pear-shaped, greenish sac partly imbedded in the substance of the middle lobe. § 714. ..."

3. Operative surgery, for students and practitioners by John Joseph McGrath (1909)
"cholecyst-enterostomy.—The establishment of a fistulous communication between the gall-bladder and the intestinal canal. The operation is indicated in cases ..."

4. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"... (kol-e-sist-o-jc-jun-os'- to-me) [cholecyst; jejunostomy]. The establishment of a communication between the gall-bladder and the jejunum. ..."

5. A Text-book of operative surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1904)
"... portions of Intestinal, Gastro-intestinal, and cholecyst-intestinal tracts by simple suturing;—(2) Union of portions of Intestinal, Gastro-intestinal, ..."

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