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gallbladder
[ gawl-blad-er ]
noun
- a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.
gallbladder
/ gôl′blăd′ər /
- A small, pear-shaped muscular sac in most vertebrates in which bile is stored. The gallbladder is located beneath the liver and secretes bile into the duodenum of the small intestine.
gallbladder
- A small, muscular sac located under the liver . Bile is stored in the gallbladder until it is needed by the small intestine for digestion . ( See digestive system .)
Word History and Origins
Origin of gallbladder1
Example Sentences
Some report hair loss and, in rare cases, gallbladder, kidney problems and depression.
In rare cases, serious side-effects can include gallbladder and kidney problems and depression.
“My father, he’s 80 and he just had gallbladder surgery and the herbs seem to help,” one customer, Dericia Witalina, said while awaiting herbs her dad was prescribed.
Notably, these include cancers that are linked to obesity including "colorectum, uterine corpus, gallbladder and other biliary, kidney and renal pelvis, and pancreas" cancers.
Someone seeking help for a urinary tract infection — which can be treated by telemedicine — might actually have gallbladder problems.
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