gallbladder

noun

Meaning

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.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

gall(English)bowel(English)bladder(English)multiseptate(English)sac(English)vesicle(English)opacified(English)bile vessel(English)cholelithiasis(English)cholecystectomy(English)cholecystitis(English)gallstone(English)

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Sources

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