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Gall bladder Common

Gall bladder has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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.

See Also
sincalide cholecystenterostomy cystic vesica lithiasis pericholecystic cholecystic rokitansky aschoff sinus
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bladder
Rhyming Words
der ider oder eder cder hoder alder nader under udder loder inder seder wider moder coder order cnder odder cyder
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