cholecyst

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cholecyst

/ˈkoʊləˌsɪst/

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From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall; bile”) + κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”).

noun cholecysts

The gall bladder. 1882, Burt G. Wilder, Simon H. Gage, Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat, A. S. Barnes and Company, page 287, Press on the cholecyst, and the contained bile will be forced into the various bile ducts:

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@misc{cholecyst_2026,
  title = {cholecyst},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cholecyst},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}