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Definition of Gallbladder
Gallbladder definition - medical term
A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the
bile secreted by the liver. During a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts, delivering
the bile through the bile ducts into the intestines to help with digestion. Abnormal
composition of bile leads to formation of gallstones, a process termed cholelithiasis.
The gallstones cause cholecystitis, inflammation of the gallbladder.
Common Misspellings: gallblader, gallblatter, galbladder, gallbadder
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