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(General American) enPR: IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑl.blæɾɚ/Category:English 3-syllable words#GALLBLADDER Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#GALLBLADDER
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#GALLBLADDER

Noun

gall bladder (plural gall bladders)Category:English lemmas#GALLBLADDER Category:English nouns#GALLBLADDER Category:English countable nouns#GALLBLADDER Category:English multiword terms#GALLBLADDER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#GALLBLADDER Category:Pages with entries#GALL%20BLADDER Category:Pages with 1 entry#GALL%20BLADDER

(anatomy Category:en:Anatomy#GALLBLADDER) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
Synonyms: cholecyst, cholecysto-, vesica biliaris, vesica fellea; gall (archaic)
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 178:
  Giraffes, oddly, sometimes have gall bladders and sometimes donʼt.
  Category:English terms with quotations#GALLBLADDER

Derived terms

Translations

pear-shaped organ that stores bile

Category:Entries with translation boxes#GALL%20BLADDER

Afrikaans: galblaasCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#GALLBLADDER
Albanian: tëmth (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#GALLBLADDER, idhcë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#GALLBLADDER
Arabic: مَرَارَة f (marāra)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#GALLBLADDER
Egyptian Arabic: مرارة fCategory:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#GALLBLADDER

Moroccan Arabic: مرارة (marrāra)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#GALLBLADDER
Armenian: լեղապարկ (hy) (leġapark)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#GALLBLADDER
Azerbaijani: ödlükCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#GALLBLADDER, öd kisəsi (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#GALLBLADDER
Basque: behazun xixkuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#GALLBLADDER
Belarusian: жаўця́к m (žawcják)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#GALLBLADDER, жо́ўцевы пузы́р m (žówcjevy puzýr)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#GALLBLADDER
Bengali: পিত্তাশয় (bn) (pittaśoẏ)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#GALLBLADDER
Bikol:
Central Bikol: apdo (bcl)Category:Terms with Central Bikol translations#GALLBLADDER
Bulgarian: жлъ́чен меху́р m (žlǎ́čen mehúr)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#GALLBLADDER, жлъчка f (žlǎčka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#GALLBLADDER
Catalan: bufeta biliar (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#GALLBLADDER, vesícula biliar (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#GALLBLADDER
Cebuano: apdoCategory:Terms with Cebuano translations#GALLBLADDER
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膽囊 / 胆囊 (zh) (dǎnnáng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#GALLBLADDER, 苦膽 / 苦胆 (zh) (kǔdǎn)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#GALLBLADDER
Czech: žlučník (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#GALLBLADDER
Danish: galdeblære (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#GALLBLADDER
Dhivehi: ފިތް (fit̊)Category:Terms with Dhivehi translations#GALLBLADDER
Dutch: galblaas (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#GALLBLADDER
Erzya: сэпе (sëpe)Category:Terms with Erzya translations#GALLBLADDER
Esperanto: galvezikoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#GALLBLADDER, gala vezikoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#GALLBLADDER
Estonian: sappCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#GALLBLADDER, sapipõisCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#GALLBLADDER
Faroese: gallbløðra fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#GALLBLADDER, gall nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#GALLBLADDER
Finnish: sappirakko (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#GALLBLADDER, sappi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#GALLBLADDER
French: vésicule biliaire (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#GALLBLADDER
Friulian: vissie de fêl fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#GALLBLADDER
Galician: vexiga (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#GALLBLADDER, vesícula biliar (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#GALLBLADDER
Georgian: ნაღვლის ბუშტი (naɣvlis bušṭi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#GALLBLADDER
German: Gallenblase (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#GALLBLADDER
Greek: χοληδόχος κύστη f (cholidóchos kýsti)Category:Terms with Greek translations#GALLBLADDER, (colloquial) χολή (el) f (cholí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#GALLBLADDER
Ancient Greek: χοληδόχος κύστις f (kholēdókhos kústis)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#GALLBLADDER, χοληδόχος f (kholēdókhos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#GALLBLADDER
Greenlandic: sungaqCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#GALLBLADDER
Gujarati: પિત્તાશય (pittāśya)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#GALLBLADDER
Hebrew: כִּיס הַמָּרָה (he) m (kis hamará)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#GALLBLADDER
Hindi: पित्ताशय (hi) (pittāśay)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#GALLBLADDER
Hungarian: epehólyag (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#GALLBLADDER
Icelandic: gallblaðra (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#GALLBLADDER
Indonesian: kantong empedu (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#GALLBLADDER, kandung empeduCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#GALLBLADDER
Ingrian: sappirakkoCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#GALLBLADDER
Inuktitut: ᓱᖓᖅ (sungaq)Category:Terms with Inuktitut translations#GALLBLADDER
Irish: máilín domlais mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#GALLBLADDER, domlas mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#GALLBLADDER, mála an domlais mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#GALLBLADDER
Italian: cistifellea (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#GALLBLADDER, colecisti (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#GALLBLADDER
Japanese: 胆嚢 (ja) (たんのう, tannō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#GALLBLADDER
Javanese: kantung empeduCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#GALLBLADDER
Kalmyk: цөсн (tsösn)Category:Terms with Kalmyk translations#GALLBLADDER
Kapampangan: atduCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#GALLBLADDER
Khmer: ប្រមាត់ (km) (prɑmŏət)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#GALLBLADDER
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: сӧп (söp)Category:Terms with Komi-Zyrian translations#GALLBLADDER
Korean: 쓸개 (ko) (sseulgae)Category:Terms with Korean translations#GALLBLADDER, 담낭(膽囊) (ko) (damnang)Category:Terms with Korean translations#GALLBLADDER
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kîsikê zeravê mCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#GALLBLADDER, zeravdank mCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#GALLBLADDER
Latin: fel nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#GALLBLADDER, vesica biliaris fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#GALLBLADDER
Latvian: žultspūslis mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#GALLBLADDER
Lithuanian: tulžies pūslėCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#GALLBLADDER
Macedonian: жолчка f (žolčka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#GALLBLADDER
Malay: pundi hempedu (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#GALLBLADDER
Malayalam: പിത്താശയം (pittāśayaṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#GALLBLADDER
Maltese: marrara fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#GALLBLADDER
Manchu: ᠰᡳᠯᡥᡳ (silhi)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#GALLBLADDER
Māori: kouawaiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#GALLBLADDER
Marathi: पित्ताशय (pittāśay)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#GALLBLADDER
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цѳсний гэр (cösnii ger)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#GALLBLADDER
Nahuatl:
Classical Nahuatl: chichicatlCategory:Terms with Classical Nahuatl translations#GALLBLADDER
Nanai: силтэ (silte)Category:Terms with Nanai translations#GALLBLADDER
Navajo: atłʼizh bizisCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#GALLBLADDER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: galleblære m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#GALLBLADDER

Nynorsk: gallblære fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#GALLBLADDER, galleblære fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#GALLBLADDER
Odia: ପିତ୍ତକୋଷ (or) (pittakoṣa)Category:Terms with Odia translations#GALLBLADDER
Ojibwe: (my gall bladder) niinzobCategory:Terms with Ojibwe translations#GALLBLADDER
Old English: ġealla mCategory:Terms with Old English translations#GALLBLADDER
Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰓 (üd² /⁠öd⁠/)Category:Terms with Old Turkic translations#GALLBLADDER
Pashto: تريخی (ps)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#GALLBLADDER
Pela: kji̠⁵⁵Category:Pela terms in nonstandard scripts#GALL%20BLADDER Category:Terms with Pela translations#GALLBLADDER
Persian: مراره (fa) (marâre)Category:Terms with Persian translations#GALLBLADDER, کیسه صفراCategory:Terms with Persian translations#GALLBLADDER
Plautdietsch: Gaulblada fCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#GALLBLADDER
Polish: pęcherzyk żółciowy (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#GALLBLADDER, woreczek żółciowy (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#GALLBLADDER
Portuguese: vesícula biliar (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#GALLBLADDER
Rapa Nui: 'auCategory:Terms with Rapa Nui translations#GALLBLADDER
Romanian: vezică biliară fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#GALLBLADDER, colecist (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#GALLBLADDER, fiere (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#GALLBLADDER, bășica fierii (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#GALLBLADDER
Russian: же́лчный пузы́рь m (žélčnyj puzýrʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#GALLBLADDER, жёлчный пузы́рь m (žólčnyj puzýrʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#GALLBLADDER
Sami:
Northern Sami: sáhppiCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#GALLBLADDER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жу̏чња̄к mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#GALLBLADDER

Latin: žȕčnjāk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#GALLBLADDER
Sicilian: culicisti fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#GALLBLADDER
Slovak: žlčník (sk) mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#GALLBLADDER
Slovene: žolčnik (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#GALLBLADDER
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žołcnik mCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#GALLBLADDER
Spanish: vesícula biliar (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#GALLBLADDER
Sundanese: hampruCategory:Terms with Sundanese translations#GALLBLADDER
Swahili: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Swahili#GALLBLADDER
Swedish: gallblåsa (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#GALLBLADDER
Tagalog: apdoCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#GALLBLADDER, apduhanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#GALLBLADDER
Tamil: பித்தப்பை (ta) (pittappai)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#GALLBLADDER
Telugu: పిత్తాశయము (te) (pittāśayamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#GALLBLADDER
Thai: ถุงน้ำดี (tǔng-náam-dii)Category:Terms with Thai translations#GALLBLADDER
Turkish: safra kesesi (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#GALLBLADDER, öd kesesi (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#GALLBLADDER
Ukrainian: жо́вчний міху́р m (žóvčnyj mixúr)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#GALLBLADDER
Urdu: ئۆت خالتیسیCategory:Terms with Urdu translations#GALLBLADDER
Uzbek: safro (uz) mCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#GALLBLADDER
Vietnamese: bao đựng mậtCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#GALLBLADDER, túi mật (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#GALLBLADDER
Welsh: coden fustlCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#GALLBLADDER
Yami: apdoCategory:Terms with Yami translations#GALLBLADDER
Yiddish: גאַל f (gal)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#GALLBLADDER