Definition of Gall bladder. Meaning of Gall bladder. Synonyms of Gall bladder

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Definition of Gall bladder

Gall bladder
Gall Gall, n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. ?, and prob. to E. yellow. ? See Yellow, and cf. Choler] 1. (Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder. 2. The gall bladder. 3. Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor. He hath . . . compassed me with gall and travail. --Lam. iii. 5. Comedy diverted without gall. --Dryden. 4. Impudence; brazen assurance. [Slang] Gall bladder (Anat.), the membranous sac, in which the bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus. Gall duct, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct, or the hepatic duct. Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands. --Dunglison. Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the Prenanthes serpentaria.

Meaning of Gall bladder from wikipedia

- an iatrogenic complication of cholecystectomy — surgical removal of gall bladder, but can also be caused by other operations or by major trauma. The risk...
- an OG or NG tube. A Foley catheter may be used to empty the patient's bladder. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy uses several (usually 4) small incisions...
- ultrasound, generally necessitates a surgical treatment (removal of the gall bladder, typically via laparoscopy). Removal of the gallbladder with surgery...
- to gall bladder disease (excluding gall bladder mucocele). The Bichon Frise was found to be 9.26 times more likely to acquire a non-mucocele gall bladder...
- predisposition to gall bladder disease in the Border Terrier. The breed was found to be 86.48 times more likely to acquire gall bladder mucocele and 28...
- gallbladder and leading to cholecystitis as seen on ultrasound. There is 4 mm gall bladder wall thickening. Biliary sludge and gallstones. There is borderline thickening...
- caused by obstruction of the common bile duct caused by sludge from the Gall Bladder. Serum Biochemical Profile (CHEM) of affected dogs with a GBM have shown...
- Porcelain gallbladder is a calcification of the gallbladder believed to be brought on by excessive gallstones, although the exact cause is not clear. As...
- patients had gall bladder problems and which had healthy gall bladders. For example, one of the iridologists diagnosed 49% of the patients with gall stones...
- "Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: differentiation from ****ociated gall bladder carcinoma". Trop Gastroenterol. 26 (1): 31–3. PMID 15974235. McCoy JJ...