bilestone

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noun

A gallstone, or biliary calculus.

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gallstone
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Meanings

nounbilestone (plural bilestones)

plural bilestones

  1. A gallstone, or biliary calculus.

    the oil of turpentine dissolved its fragments of bilestone

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Synonyms & antonyms

nouna calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts

Similar
gallstone
Broader
calculusconcretion
Also see
gallstone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From bile + stone.

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APA

bilestone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilestone

MLA

“bilestone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilestone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bilestone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilestone.

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