gall bladder

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Gently gripping the patient's gall bladder.

From BBC

It wasn't long before he had removed the troublesome gall bladder with the help of his robotic assistant.

From BBC

Bile duct cancer affects the bile ducts, which are small tubes within the digestive system which connect organs including the liver and gall bladder.

From BBC

Gently gripping the patient's gall bladder.

From BBC

It wasn't long before he had removed the troublesome gall bladder with the help of his robotic assistant.

From BBC