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gallbladder

gall·blad·der
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gawl-blad-er]
    • /ˈgɔlˌblæd ər/
    • /ˈgɒlblædər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gawl-blad-er]
    • /ˈgɔlˌblæd ər/

Definitions of gallbladder word

  • noun gallbladder a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated. 1
  • noun gallbladder The small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine. 1
  • noun gallbladder anatomy: organ below liver 1
  • noun gallbladder a muscular pear-shaped sac, lying underneath the right lobe of the liver, that stores bile and ejects it into the duodenum through the common bile duct 0
  • noun gallbladder a membranous sac closely connected by various ducts to the liver, in which excess gall, or bile, is stored and concentrated 0
  • noun gallbladder Alternative spelling of gall bladder. 0

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Origin of gallbladder

First appearance:

before 1670
One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1670-80; gall1 + bladder

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Parts of speech for Gallbladder

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gallbladder popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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