gallbladder
IPA: gˈɔɫbɫædɝ
noun
- Alternative spelling of gall bladder [(anatomy) 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.]
gall bladder
IPA: gˈɔɫbɫædɝ
noun
- (anatomy) 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.
Examples of "gallbladder" in Sentences
- The gallbladders simmering on the stove
- Rename to irritable gallbladder syndrome.
- Gallbladder cancer is a relatively uncommon cancer.
- Your gallbladder is merely a storage tank for bile.
- Consumption of alcohol is unrelated to gallbladder disease.
- Bile is secreted from the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
- Gallbladder instead of gallbladder, Spleen instead of spleen .
- Bile is produced by the liver and then stored in the gallbladder.
- The liver lies to the right of the stomach and overlies the gallbladder.
- Porcelain gallbladder often results in a diagnosis of gallbladder cancer.
- The cystic artery supplies oxygenated blood to the gallbladder and cystic duct.
- The gallbladder is a small sac that stores bile in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, nestled under the right ribcage.
- CR group, anyone? little gator, I'm glad to hear Mr. Gator's gallbladder is fine, and that the treatment offered is nonsurgical.
- I had to work last night and then there was this unexpected little thing called a gallbladder attack that kept me just a wee bit distracted.
- Though cholecystectomy removal of the gallbladder is the recommended treatment, only 75% of patients got the surgery during their first hospitalization.
- The gallbladder is a small organ that receives bile from the liver and concentrates it before sending it to the digestive tract to aid with fat digestion.
Examples of "gall-bladder" in Sentences
- He's home ... sabotaged his impending gall-bladder ultrasound by eating a doughnut.
- In one family alone the father was almost killed during routine gall-bladder surgery when they nicked an artery.
- The president had gall-bladder surgery in Germany this year, and rumors that his health is failing have dogged him since.
- Fast forward about 3 months and she went to the hospital with back pains so severe she too thought it was gall-bladder or kidney-stone related.
- Ashcroft, who was recovering from gall-bladder surgery at the time, refused during a dramatic standoff among top Bush administration officials in his hospital room.
- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday handed over power temporarily to his prime minister, as he undergoes gall-bladder surgery in Germany, Egyptian state media reported.
- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday handed over power temporarily to his prime minister, as he underwent a successful gall-bladder surgery in Germany, Egyptian state media reported.
- These not only include diabetes, dyslipidemia or gout, but also hypertension (a problem of sodium metabolism), fatty liver and gall-bladder disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, and some forms of cancer.