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gallbladder

gallbladder is the alternative spelling of gall bladder.

Meaning of gall bladder

Noun

gall bladder (plural gall bladders)

  1. 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.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 178

Forms of gallbladder

pluralgallbladders

Origin of gallbladder

From gall + bladder.

Words formed from gallbladder

Phrases with gallbladder

Questions about gallbladder

What is gallbladder the alternative spelling of?
Gallbladder is the alternative spelling of gall bladder.

Words near gallbladder in the dictionary

  1. gallavants
  2. Gallaway
  3. Gallaways
  4. gallberries
  5. gallberry
  6. gallbladder
  7. gallbladder cancer
  8. gallbladders
  9. gallbush
  10. galldang
  11. Galle

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