gallstone

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  1. noun A small, hard, pathological concretion, composed chiefly of cholesterol, calcium salts, and bile pigments, formed in the gallbladder or in a bile duct.

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  • San Jose was in the hospital for a gallstone operation. —  FSF, July 2006
  • It was not a gallstone, or kidney stone; it was not a real pearl. —  Omni: July 1994
  • He'd had one of them, a molar, which he kept in a jar when he lived with us, along with a gallstone (not his, but not an interesting story either), a rubber lizard, and a valve from the fuel line of a German V-2 rocket he'd picked up at the testing site in Blizna, Poland. —  FSF,March2008
  • India offers the excellent center for the gallstone removal treatment and provides its best service, hospitality and expert doctors for the gallstone removal treatment in India. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Damage to the liver or an obstruction of some kind in the bile duct (called a gallstone) can lead to a serious problems such as cholestasis, steatorrhea, or jaundice. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
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