gallbladder

or gall blad·der

[ gawl-blad-er ]

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noun

Anatomy.

a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.

gallbladder

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A small, pear-shaped muscular sac in most vertebrates in which bile is stored. The gallbladder is located beneath the liver and secretes bile into the duodenum of the small intestine.

gallbladder

A small, muscular sac located under the liver . Bile is stored in the gallbladder until it is needed by the small intestine for digestion . ( See digestive system .)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gallbladder¹

First recorded in 1670–80; gall ¹ + bladder

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His GP sent him straight to hospital, where he was diagnosed with a gallbladder infection and spent a week recovering.

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Some report hair loss and, in rare cases, gallbladder, kidney problems and depression.

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In rare cases, serious side-effects can include gallbladder and kidney problems and depression.

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“My father, he’s 80 and he just had gallbladder surgery and the herbs seem to help,” one customer, Dericia Witalina, said while awaiting herbs her dad was prescribed.

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Notably, these include cancers that are linked to obesity including "colorectum, uterine corpus, gallbladder and other biliary, kidney and renal pelvis, and pancreas" cancers.

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