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Webster 1913 Edition


Gallstone

Gall′stoneˊ

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Noun.
A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See
Calculus
,
Noun.
, 1.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gallstone

GALLSTONE

,
Noun.
A concretion formed in the gallbladder.

Definition 2024


gallstone

gallstone

See also: gall stone

English

Noun

gallstone (plural gallstones)

  1. (medicine) A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.

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