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Definition 2024

See also: gallbladder

Gall bladder with ducts.

gall bladder ‎(plural gall bladders)

(anatomy) 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.

pear-shaped organ that stores bile

Albanian:
Arabic: مَرَارَة f ‎(marāra)
Egyptian Arabic: مرارة f
Armenian: լեղապարկ (hy) ‎(lełapark)
Basque: behazun xixku
Bikol Central: apdo
Bulgarian: жлъчен мехур m ‎(žlǎčen mehur)
Catalan: bufeta biliar (ca) f, vesícula biliar (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膽囊 (zh), 胆囊 (zh) ‎(dǎnnáng), 苦膽 (zh), 苦胆 (zh) ‎(kǔdǎn)
Classical Nahuatl: chichicatl
Czech: žlučník (cs) m
Danish: galdeblære (da) c
Dhivehi: ފިތް ‎(fit)
Dutch: galblaas (nl)
Erzya: сэпе ‎(sepe)
Esperanto: galveziko
Estonian: sapp
Faroese: gallbløðra f, gall n
Finnish: sappirakko (fi), sappi (fi)
French: vésicule biliaire (fr) f
Friulian: vissie de fêl f
Georgian: ნაღვლის ბუშტი ‎(naɣvlis bušṭi)
German: Gallenblase (de) f
Greek: χοληδόχος κύστη f ‎(cholidóchos kýsti), (colloquial) χολή (el) f ‎(cholí)
Hebrew: כיס המרה (he)
Hindi: पित्ताशय (hi) ‎(pittāśay)
Hungarian: epe (hu), epehólyag (hu)
Icelandic: gallblaðra (is) f
Indonesian: kantung empedu
Irish: máilín domlais m, domlas m, mála an domlais m
Italian: cistifellea (it) f
Japanese: 胆嚢 (ja) ‎(たんのう, tannō)
Javanese: kantung empedu
Kalmyk: цөсн ‎(tsösn)
Khmer: ប្រមាត់ (km) ‎(prɑmat)