| gallstone |
a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts
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| gallstone |
Solid material that forms in the gallbladder or common bile duct. Gallstones are made of cholesterol or other substances found in the gallbladder. They may occur as one large stone or as many small ones, and vary from the size of a golf ball to a grain of sand. Also called cholelith.
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| gallstone ileus |
an abnormal condition in which a gallstone passes from the gallbladder into the intestines through an abnormal passage and blocks the intestine
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| gallstone |
A hard mass of cholesterol, calcium bilirubinate, and calcium carbonate formed in the gallbladder or biliary passages.
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| gallstone |
A solid deposit of cholesterol or calcium salt that forms in the gallbladder or nearby bile ducts.
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