gall bladder
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gall bladder
- /ˈɡɑl.blæɾɚ/ US
noun gall bladders · gallbladder · gall-bladder
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A 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.
Similar: cholecyst, cholecysto-, vesica biliaris, vesica fellea, gall
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noun pear-shaped organ that stores bile
| Español | vesícula biliar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쓸개 sseulgae, 담낭 damnang |
| 日本語 | 胆嚢 tannō |
| 中文 | 膽囊 /胆囊 dǎnnáng, 苦膽 /苦胆 kǔdǎn |
| हिन्दी | पित्ताशय pittāśay |
| Português | vesícula biliar |
| Français | vésicule biliaire |
| Deutsch | Gallenblase |
| Italiano | cistifellea, colecisti |
| Ελληνικά | χοληδόχος κύστη cholidóchos kýsti, χολή cholí |
| Română | vezică biliară, colecist, fiere, bășica fierii |
| Русский | же́лчный пузы́рь žélčnyj puzýrʹ, жёлчный пузы́рь žólčnyj puzýrʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | bao đựng mật, túi mật |
| العربية | مَرَارَة marāra |
| עברית | כִּיס הַמָּרָה kis hamará |
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