bile-stone

  • 11bilestone — /buyl stohn /, n. gallstone. [BILE + STONE] * * * …

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  • 12bilestone — noun a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts • Syn: ↑gallstone • Hypernyms: ↑calculus, ↑concretion * * * /buyl stohn /, n. gallstone. [BILE + STONE] …

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  • 13choledocholith — Stone in the common bile duct. [choledocho + G. lithos, stone] * * * cho·led·o·cho·lith (ko ledґə ko lith″) a gallstone or other calculus in the common bile duct. Called also bile duct calculus …

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  • 14Gallstone — Classification and external resources Numerous small gallstones, composed largely of cholesterol ICD 10 K …

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  • 15Ascending cholangitis — Classification and external resources …

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  • 16gallstone — /gawl stohn /, n. an abnormal stonelike mass, usually of cholesterol, formed in the gallbladder or bile passages. Also called biliary calculus. [1750 60; GALL1 + STONE] * * * Mass of crystallized substances that forms in the gallbladder. The most …

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  • 17Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — Intervention Duodenoscopic image of two pigment stones extracted from common bile duct after sphincterotomy. ICD 9 CM …

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  • 18gallstone — A concretion in the gallbladder or a bile duct, composed chiefly of a mixture of cholesterol, calcium bilirubinate, and calcium carbonate, occasionally as a pure stone composed of just one of these substances. SYN: b …

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  • 19digestive system, human — Introduction  the system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract (alimentary canal), or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass… …

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  • 20medicine, history of — Introduction  the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore       Unwritten history is not… …

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