Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cholecyst .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The gall bladder.
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- noun anatomy, dated The
gall bladder .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek χολή ("bile") + κύστις ("bladder").
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