Associations to the word «Gallstone»

Wiktionary

GALLSTONE, noun. (medicine) A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.

Dictionary definition

GALLSTONE, noun. A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts.

Wise words

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