Meaning

1 senses

  1. A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.

    Gallenstein

    же́лчный ка́меньžélčnyj kámenʹ

    жо́вчний ка́міньžóvčnyj káminʹ

More definitions
  • a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom has gallstones.

    deTom hat Gallensteine.

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  2. Many people have gallstones without knowing it.

    deViele Menschen haben Gallensteine, ohne es zu wissen.

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  3. I spent the weekend writhing in agony when my gallstone started to move.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct:
Русский
By meaning 1
small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct:

Origin

From gall + stone.

From gall + stone.

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Forms

plural: gallstones
Singulargallstone
Pluralgallstones

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
bilestonecholelith
Close in meaning
  • a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts:bilestone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gallopgallowsgaloregalvanize
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