gallbladder meaning
[ 'gɔ:lblædə ] Pronunciation: "gallbladder" in a sentence
Noun: gallbladder 'gol`bladu(r)
- A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
- gall bladder
Derived forms: gallbladders
See also: biliary
Part of: chest, pectus, thorax
Encyclopedia: Gallbladder
[Medicine]
A storage reservoir for BILE secretion. Gallbladder allows the delivery of bile acids at a high concentration and in a controlled manner,via the CYSTIC DUCT to the DUODENUM,for degradation of dietary lipid. n : a membranous muscular sac in which bile from the liver is stored —called also cholecyst
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Examples
More: Next- bile is continually secreted from the cells of the liver into the common bile duct and gallbladder.
- in surviving cattle, the infection may localize in the gallbladder and in hepatic and mesenteric lymph nodes.
- god . what's this ?-your mother's gallbladder
- none of them had a history of gallbladder disease
- her gallbladder's on the next boat . anything else
