gall bladder (redirected from gall bladders)

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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gall bladder

Noun

a muscular sac, attached to the liver, that stores bile

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

Translations

gall bladder n → vesícula biliar

gall bladder [ˈgɔːl-] n → vésicule f biliaire

gall bladder gall n → Gallenblase f

gall bladder [ˈgɔːl-] n → cistifellea