Definitions for gallstoneˈgɔlˌstoʊn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

gall•stoneˈgɔlˌstoʊn(n.)

  1. an abnormal stony mass in the gallbladder or the bile passages, usu. composed of cholesterol.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of gallstone:

1750–60

Princeton's WordNet

  1. gallstone, bilestone(noun)

    a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts

Wiktionary

  1. gallstone(Noun)

    A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gallstone(noun)

    a concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

gallstone(noun)

a small hard object that is sometimes formed in the gall bladder.

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