gall ducts

  • 1gall|stone — «GL STOHN», noun. a pebblelike mass, chiefly of cholesterol and mineral salts, that sometimes forms in the gall bladder or one of its ducts. When one or more gallstones stop the flow of bile, there is usually pain, and sometimes jaundice results …

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  • 2gall bladder — small sac associated with the liver used for storing the bile which is used in digestion. It opens by 4 6 ducts through the dorsal anterior wall of the expanded duodenum, posterior to the pyloric caeca …

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  • 3gall stone — calculus or stone formed in the gallbladder or bile ducts often causing extreme pain …

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  • 4gall bladder — /ˈgɔl blædə / (say gawl bladuh) noun a vesicle attached to the liver which receives bile from the hepatic ducts, concentrates it, and discharges it after meals …

  • 5Mebeverine — Systematic (IUPAC) name (RS) 4 (ethyl[1 (4 methoxyphenyl)propan 2 yl]amino)b …

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  • 6angiocholitis — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin, from angi + chol + itis : inflammation of the gall ducts : cholangitis …

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  • 7gallbladder — gall′blad der or gall′ blad der n. anat. a membranous sac attached by ducts to the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated • Etymology: 1670–80 …

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  • 8duct — A tubular structure giving exit to the secretion of a gland or organ, capable of conducting fluid. SEE ALSO: canal. SYN: ductus [TA]. [L. duco, pp. ductus, to lead] aberrant ducts SYN: aberrant ductules, under ductule …

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  • 9Common bile duct — Digestive system diagram showing the common bile duct Latin ductus choledochus Gray s …

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  • 10Gallbladder — For other uses, see Gallbladder (disambiguation). Gallbladder Diagram of Stomach …

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