Meaning

1 senses
  1. A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.

    Gallenblase

    же́лчный пузы́рьžélčnyj puzýrʹ, жёлчный пузы́рьžólčnyj puzýrʹ

    жо́вчний міху́рžóvčnyj mixúr

    a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion

Examples

4 sentences
  1. For gall bladder surgery, go down this hall and take a right.

  2. Surgeons are using this technique to remove diseased gall bladders and spleens, to perform hysterectomies and to repair hernias and colons.

  3. Have you ever suffered from an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum, or from diseases of the gall bladder or pancreas?

  4. For the first time, doctors have succeeded in removing a gall bladder by remote surgery that electronically spanned the Atlantic Ocean.

    deEs ist Ärzten erstmals gelungen, in einer Fernoperation über den Atlantischen Ozean hinweg eine Gallenblase zu entfernen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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pear-shaped organ that stores bile:
Русский
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pear-shaped organ that stores bile:
Deutsch
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pear-shaped organ that stores bile:

Forms

plural: gall bladders

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion:gallbladder

Word family

2 related words

See also

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