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Gallbladder

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Noun

1. gall bladder, gallbladder

a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion

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Gallbladder

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noun
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

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Gallbladder

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noun
a membranous sac closely connected by various ducts to the liver, in which excess gall, or bile, is stored and concentrated

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Gallbladder

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n.
A small, pear-shaped muscular sac under the right lobe of the liver, where bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion.

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