GALL BLADDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gall bladder mean? 

• GALL BLADDER (noun)
  The noun GALL BLADDER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GALL BLADDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALL BLADDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

gall bladder; gallbladder

Hypernyms ("gall bladder" is a kind of...):

bladder; vesica (a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas))

Holonyms ("gall bladder" is a part of...):

chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)

 Context examples 

The NMT gene is overexpressed in several types of cancer including brain, colorectal and gall bladder tumors.

(NMT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A tube that carries bile from the gall bladder.

(Cystic duct, NCI Dictionary)

It ends where the cystic duct from the gall bladder joins it to form the common bile duct.

(Common hepatic duct, NCI Dictionary)

It is comprised of the common bile duct that connects the liver and gall bladder to the small intestine and the cystic duct that connects the gall bladder to the common bile duct.

(Biliary tract, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)