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Definition of Gallbladder

1. Noun. A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion.

Definition of Gallbladder

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of gall bladder) ¹

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Definition of Gallbladder

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gallbladder

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 Gallbladder

Literary usage of Gallbladder

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

1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"it is not certain whether the cholesterol in the wall of the gallbladder represents a product of secretion or of absorption. ..."

2. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"manner similar to those of the gallbladder. This was particularly true in cats in which species these blood vessels are sometimes quite prominent. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1912)
"I rose principally to say that even if the operator had a thin gallbladder that is diseased, it is not always desirable to remove it. ..."

4. American Medicine (1906)
"The walls of the gallbladder were elastic. The liver had been turned upward, ... The opening in the gallbladder through which he had been working was ..."

5. Surgical Diagnosis by Daniel Nathan Eisendrath (1909)
"245), colon, gallbladder, and breast (Fig. 173) are the most frequent seats of the ... Distention of the gallbladder occurs as the result of blocking of the ..."

6. Abdominal Pain by Norbert Ortner, Alfred P. Luger (1922)
"Pain in the gallbladder region with tenderness, hyperesthesia of the skin over the liver and in the back, and moderate enlargement of the liver may be seen ..."

7. Buffalo Medical Journal (1905)
"The meeting was attended by twenty-five physicians and adjourned at 5.30 pm ABSTRACTS. Rupture of gallbladder. SPONTANEOUS AND TRAUMATIC, OPERATIVE AND ..."

8. Final Report: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Bombing, April 19, 1995 edited by Carol Smith (2004)
"Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract (pages 134-): These sites did not have separate ICD codes until 1958, so that the three sites are grouped ..."

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