Meanings
noungall bladder (plural gall bladders)
plural gall bladders · alternative gallbladder · alternative gall-bladder
- anatomyA pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
Giraffes, oddly, sometimes have gall bladders and sometimes donʼt.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 178Synonyms: cholecyst, cholecysto-, vesica biliaris, vesica fellea, gall
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
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Translations
Afrikaans galblaas
- galblaaspear-shaped organ that stores bile
Ancient Greek χοληδόχος κύστις, χοληδόχος
- χοληδόχος κύστις (kholēdókhos kústis)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
- χοληδόχος (kholēdókhos)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Arabic مَرَارَة
- مَرَارَة (marāra)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Basque behazun xixku
- behazun xixkupear-shaped organ that stores bile
Bengali পিত্তাশয়
- পিত্তাশয় (pittaśoẏ)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Bulgarian жлъ́чен меху́р, жлъчка
- жлъ́чен меху́р (žlắčen mehúr)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
- жлъчка (žlăčka)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Catalan bufeta biliar, vesícula biliar
- bufeta biliarpear-shaped organ that stores bile
- vesícula biliarpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Chinese Mandarin 膽囊 /胆囊, 苦膽 /苦胆
- 膽囊 /胆囊 (dǎnnáng)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
- 苦膽 /苦胆 (kǔdǎn)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Czech žlučník
- žlučníkpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Danish galdeblære
- galdeblærepear-shaped organ that stores bile
Dutch galblaas
- galblaaspear-shaped organ that stores bile
Esperanto galveziko, gala veziko
- galvezikopear-shaped organ that stores bile
- gala vezikopear-shaped organ that stores bile
Estonian sapp, sapipõis
- sapppear-shaped organ that stores bile
- sapipõispear-shaped organ that stores bile
Finnish sappirakko, sappi
- sappirakkopear-shaped organ that stores bile
- sappipear-shaped organ that stores bile
French vésicule biliaire
- vésicule biliairepear-shaped organ that stores bile
German Gallenblase
- Gallenblasepear-shaped organ that stores bile
Greek χοληδόχος κύστη, χολή
- χοληδόχος κύστη (cholidóchos kýsti)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
- χολή (cholí)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Hebrew כִּיס הַמָּרָה
- כִּיס הַמָּרָה (kis hamará)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Hindi पित्ताशय
- पित्ताशय (pittāśay)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Hungarian epehólyag
- epehólyagpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Icelandic gallblaðra
- gallblaðrapear-shaped organ that stores bile
Indonesian kantong empedu, kandung empedu
- kantong empedupear-shaped organ that stores bile
- kandung empedupear-shaped organ that stores bile
Irish máilín domlais, domlas
- máilín domlaispear-shaped organ that stores bile
- domlaspear-shaped organ that stores bile
- mála an domlaispear-shaped organ that stores bile
Italian cistifellea, colecisti
- cistifelleapear-shaped organ that stores bile
- colecistipear-shaped organ that stores bile
Japanese 胆嚢
- 胆嚢 (tannō)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Korean 쓸개, 담낭
- 쓸개 (sseulgae)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
- 담낭 (damnang)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Latin fel, vesica biliaris
- felpear-shaped organ that stores bile
- vesica biliarispear-shaped organ that stores bile
Latvian žultspūslis
- žultspūslispear-shaped organ that stores bile
Lithuanian tulžies pūslė
- tulžies pūslėpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Malay pundi hempedu
- pundi hempedupear-shaped organ that stores bile
Māori kouawai
- kouawaipear-shaped organ that stores bile
Norwegian Bokmål galleblære
- galleblærepear-shaped organ that stores bile
Persian مراره, کیسه صفرا
- مراره (marâre)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
- کیسه صفراpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Polish pęcherzyk żółciowy, woreczek żółciowy
- pęcherzyk żółciowypear-shaped organ that stores bile
- woreczek żółciowypear-shaped organ that stores bile
Portuguese vesícula biliar
- vesícula biliarpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Romanian vezică biliară, colecist
- vezică biliarăpear-shaped organ that stores bile
- colecistpear-shaped organ that stores bile
- fierepear-shaped organ that stores bile
- bășica fieriipear-shaped organ that stores bile
Russian же́лчный пузы́рь, жёлчный пузы́рь
- же́лчный пузы́рь (žélčnyj puzýrʹ)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
- жёлчный пузы́рь (žólčnyj puzýrʹ)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Slovak žlčník
- žlčníkpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Spanish vesícula biliar
- vesícula biliarpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Swedish gallblåsa
- gallblåsapear-shaped organ that stores bile
Tagalog apdo, apduhan
- apdopear-shaped organ that stores bile
- apduhanpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Tamil பித்தப்பை
- பித்தப்பை (pittappai)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Thai ถุงน้ำดี
- ถุงน้ำดี (tǔng-náam-dii)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Turkish safra kesesi, öd kesesi
- safra kesesipear-shaped organ that stores bile
- öd kesesipear-shaped organ that stores bile
Ukrainian жо́вчний міху́р
- жо́вчний міху́р (žóvčnyj mixúr)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
Urdu ئۆت خالتیسی
- ئۆت خالتیسیpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Vietnamese bao đựng mật, túi mật
- bao đựng mậtpear-shaped organ that stores bile
- túi mậtpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Welsh coden fustl
- coden fustlpear-shaped organ that stores bile
Yiddish גאַל
- גאַל (gal)pear-shaped organ that stores bile
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