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gallbladder

gall·blad·der

also gall bladder  (gôl′blăd′ər)
n.
A small, pear-shaped muscular sac under the right lobe of the liver, where bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion.
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gall bladder

n
1. (Anatomy) a muscular pear-shaped sac, lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, that stores bile and ejects it into the duodenum through the common bile duct
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.gall bladder - a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
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
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Translations
المَرارَهمَرَارَة
жлъчен мехур
žlučník
galdeblære
GallenblaseGalle
χοληδόχος κύστη
vesícula biliar
sapp
مراره
sappirakkosappi
vésicule biliaire
כיס המרה
žučžučni mjehur
epehólyagepe
kantung empedu
gallblaðragallblaîra
cistifellea
胆嚢
담낭
vesica biliaris
tulžies pūslė
galblaas
galleblæregalleblæren
woreczek żółciowypęcherzyk żółciowy
vesícula biliar
желчный пузырь
žlčník
žolčnik
gallblåsa
ถุงน้ำดี
safra kesesi
жовчний міхур
túi mật
胆囊

gall bladder

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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gall bladder

ncistifellea
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gall

(goːl) noun
1. a bitter liquid which is stored in the gall bladder.
2. impudence. He had the gall to say he was my friend after being so rude to me.
verb
to annoy (a person) very much. It galls me to think that he is earning so much money.
gall bladder
an organ of the body attached to the liver, in which gall is stored.
ˈgallstone noun
a small hard object that is sometimes formed in the gall bladder.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

gall bladder

مَرَارَة žlučník galdeblære Gallenblase χοληδόχος κύστη vesícula biliar sappirakko vésicule biliaire žučni mjehur cistifellea 胆嚢 담낭 galblaas galleblære woreczek żółciowy vesícula biliar желчный пузырь gallblåsa ถุงน้ำดี safra kesesi túi mật 胆囊
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