bile-stone

  • 1bile|stone — «BYL STOHN», noun. = gallstone. (Cf. ↑gallstone) …

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  • 2bile-stone — n. Gall stone, biliary calculus …

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  • 3Bile acid — Bile acids (also known as bile salts) are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals. In humans taurocholic acid, and glycocholic acid (derivatives of cholic acid) represent approximately eighty percent of all bile acids. The two… …

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  • 4Bile duct — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Digestive system diagram showing the bile duct Caption2 = An intraoperative cholangiogram, which is an X Ray of the bile ducts during a laprascopic cholecystectomy System …

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  • 5gall-stone — n. Bile stone, biliary calculus …

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  • 6gall stone — calculus or stone formed in the gallbladder or bile ducts often causing extreme pain …

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  • 7gall|stone — «GL STOHN», noun. a pebblelike mass, chiefly of cholesterol and mineral salts, that sometimes forms in the gall bladder or one of its ducts. When one or more gallstones stop the flow of bile, there is usually pain, and sometimes jaundice results …

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  • 8Bilestone — Bile stone , n. [Bile + stone.] A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See {Biliary}. E. Darwin. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Courvoisier's law — (or Courvoisier syndrome, or Courvoisier s sign or Courvoisier Terrier s sign) states that in the presence of an enlarged gallbladder which is nontender and accompanied with mild jaundice, the cause is unlikely to be gallstones. Usually, the term …

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  • 10biliary calculus — Gall stone, bile stone …

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