gall
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8.4
- noun
- /ɡɔl/
- Specialized
:
bilis
- After the surgery, the doctor explained how the gall helps break down dietary fats.
- gall bladder
Examples
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The gall bladder duct leads to the duodenum.
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A patient's gall was analyzed to determine if there were any abnormal components affecting digestion.
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Ox-gall might be added to the water to help preserve the color.
Blog text (16) -
Then the priest reached in and pulled out the gall, the intestines, and the liver.
Fiction book (2000) -
Some people think that bear gall bladder has aphrodisiac powers.
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The researchers have built a complete operating room around two existing procedures: gall bladder removal and an ectopic pregnancy.
Academic text (2006) -
The traditional order of palpation begins at the heart and then moves to the areas of gall bladder, liver, and lung.
Blog text (10) -
And the use of gall bladders from bears in Southeast Asia has endangered the Asiatic black bear.
Academic text (1995) -
Obtaining ox-gall meant sending a glass bottle to the butcher, who would drain the liquid from cows' gall bladders into it.
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The gall produced by the liver aids in the digestion of fats in the small intestine.
Synonyms
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6.7
A bitter greenish-yellow fluid the liver makes to help digest fats
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9.9
An old medical idea that a fluid from the liver makes people angry
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.9
A small organ under the liver that stores bile until it enters the intestine
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A small wasp that makes round growths called galls on oak trees and other plants
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A plant that lives for several years with drooping clusters of pink flowers and broad leaves like a lion's paw
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A small insect that makes pineapple-shaped growths on young spruce branches
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gall for the bitter digestive fluid comes from an old word for 'bile' and is the same gall in gallbladder, and because the fluid is 'bitter' people used the word for bitter feelings too. So gall is the body fluid that helps digest fats and gave the idea of 'bitterness'.