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gallstone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bilestone |
| Type of | calculus, concretion |
Examples of gallstone
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This cholesterol droplet then hardens into the crystals that make up a gallstone.
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The women were all aged between 39 and 66 in 1986, when the gallstone study began.
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He was hospitalized in early December and a week later underwent gallstone surgery.
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It may seem odd, then, that rapid weight loss also increases gallstone risk.
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Gallstone disease is one of the most common of all digestive diseases.
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Three years ago my Mom was admitted to the ICU for a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis.
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Gallstone disease is common in developed countries, and women over age 50 are most at risk.
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John Macdonald himself fell ill in 1870 with a gallstone which took him two months to pass.
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Gallstone disease is one of the most common diseases among adults.
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- A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts
- In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile components.
- A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts
- (Gallstones) Crystals formed in the biliary tree often as a result of disorders of the gallbladder; associated with overweight and obesity.
- (Gallstones) Solid deposits that commonly form in the gall bladder which is a small sac that stores bile. Stones often cause no problems but can lead to severe abdominal pain (biliary colic or cholecystitis). Ultrasound is very sensitive in the detection of stones and their complications.
- (Gallstones) stones of vaiying composition, that form in the gall bladder. Their formation seems to be due to a change in bile composition rendering cholesterol less soluble. Stones may also form around a foreign body. ...
- Pieces of solid material that develop in the gall bladder when substances in the bile, primarily cholesterol, and bile pigments form hard, crystal-like particles.
