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cholecystis

cholecystis noun: the gall bladder. Also the misspelling of cholecystitis.

Noun

cholecystis

  1. (dated) The gall bladder.
    Synonyms:
    cholecyst

Also used as

cholecystis is also the misspelling of cholecystitis.

Synonyms of cholecystis

Origin of cholecystis

From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).

Words formed from cholecystis

Questions about cholecystis

What does cholecystis mean?
Cholecystis means the gall bladder.
What part of speech is cholecystis?
Cholecystis is a noun.

Words near cholecystis in the dictionary

  1. cholecystectomized
  2. cholecystectomy
  3. cholecystenterostomies
  4. cholecystenterostomy
  5. cholecystic
  6. cholecystis
  7. cholecystites
  8. cholecystitides
  9. cholecystitis
  10. cholecysto-
  11. cholecystocausis

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