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cholecyst

/ˈkoʊləˌsɪst/

cholecyst noun: the gall bladder.

Noun

cholecyst (plural cholecysts)

  1. The gall bladder.
    • Press on the cholecyst, and the contained bile will be forced into the various bile ducts:1882, Burt G. Wilder, Simon H. Gage, Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat, A. S. Barnes and Company, page 287
    • Sharpe observed that when the contents of the cholecyst had ulcerated, perforated, through the abdominal wall and the gall-bladder became evacuated the patient improved […] .1904, Columbus Medical Journal, Volume 28, Columbus Medical Publishing Company, page 342

Forms of cholecyst

pluralcholecysts

Origin of cholecyst

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

Words formed from cholecyst

Questions about cholecyst

What does cholecyst mean?
Cholecyst means the gall bladder.
What part of speech is cholecyst?
Cholecyst is a noun.
How do you pronounce cholecyst?
Cholecyst is pronounced /ˈkoʊləˌsɪst/.
What is the plural of cholecyst?
The plural of cholecyst is cholecysts.

Words near cholecyst in the dictionary

  1. chole-
  2. choleate
  3. choleates
  4. cholecalciferol
  5. cholecalciferols
  6. cholecyst
  7. cholecystagogic
  8. cholecystagogue
  9. cholecystagogues
  10. cholecystectomies
  11. cholecystectomized

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