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gallstone
[ gawl-stohn ]
noun
- an abnormal stonelike mass, usually of cholesterol, formed in the gallbladder or bile passages.
gallstone
/ ˈɡɔːlˌstəʊn /
noun
- pathol a small hard concretion of cholesterol, bile pigments, and lime salts, formed in the gall bladder or its ducts Also calledbilestone
gallstone
/ gôl′stōn′ /
- A small, hard, abnormal mass composed chiefly of cholesterol, calcium salts, and bile pigments, formed in the gallbladder or in a bile duct. The presence of gallstones can lead to painful obstruction or infection and is sometimes treated with cholecystectomy .
gallstone
- A hard, pebblelike material deposited in the gallbladder or bile ducts by the process of chemical precipitation . Gallstones can cause considerable pain and can even obstruct the flow of bile from the gallbladder. On some occasions, the entire gallbladder must be removed by surgery.
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Michael Leitzmann, et al. “A Prospective Study of Coffee Consumption and the Risk of Symptomatic Gallstone Disease in Men.”
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Such is the pain produced by lead-colic, or by the passage of a gallstone or renal calculus.
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Another journal tells of a new gallstone cure that never fails to cause the stones to be passed even if they are big as walnuts.
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Hysteria will imitate nearly every form of cramp, including even those due to gallstone and kidney calculus.
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