gallbladder (redirected from Gallbladder diseases)

gall·blad·der also gall bladder  (gôlbldr) n. A small, pear-shaped muscular sac, located under the right lobe of the liver, in which bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion.

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gallbladder  (gôlbldr)

A small, pear-shaped muscular sac in most vertebrates in which bile is stored. The gallbladder is located beneath the liver and secretes bile into the duodenum of the small intestine.

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gallbladder - a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion gall bladder bladder, vesica - a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates