gall bladder
1Gall bladder — Gall Gall (g[add]l), n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. ?, and prob. to E. yellow. [root]49. See {Yellow}, and cf. {Choler}] 1. (Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid… …
2gall bladder — gall bladders N COUNT Your gall bladder is the organ in your body which contains bile and is next to your liver …
3gall bladder — gall .bladder n the organ in your body in which ↑bile is stored …
4gall bladder — gall ,bladder noun count the organ next to your liver where your body stores a liquid called bile …
5gall bladder — ► NOUN ▪ a small sac shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored …
6gall bladder — noun a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion • Syn: ↑gallbladder • Hypernyms: ↑bladder, ↑vesica • Part Holonyms: ↑thorax, ↑chest, ↑ …
7gall bladder — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms gall bladder : singular gall bladder plural gall bladders medical the organ next to your liver where your body stores a liquid called bile …
8gall bladder — a pear shaped sac (7 10 cm long), lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored. Bile passes (via the hepatic duct) to the gall bladder from the liver, where it is formed, and is released into the duodenum (through the… …
9gall bladder — a pear shaped sac (7–10 cm long), lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored. Bile passes (via the common hepatic duct) to the gall bladder from the liver, where it is formed, and is released into the duodenum (through… …
10gall bladder — Au. ♦ The gall bladder has burst, yellowness spreads, pohā ke au, ke pi i nei ka lena (of ill will) …
