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cholecystolithiasis en · NOUN

Etymology

From cholecyst + -o- + lithiasis.

Meanings

  1. The presence of a gallstone specifically in the gall bladder.
    • Gallbladder swelling and wall thickening were found using liver and gallbladder B-ultrasound and 26 cases had pericholecystic fluid and 63 cases had cholecystolithiasis. 2015 July 9, Yi-Ren Hu et al., “Efficacy and safety of B-mode ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage combined with laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in elderly and high-risk patients”, in BMC Gastroenterology, volume 15, →DOI:
    • Near-synonym: cholelithiasis (broadly synonymous)

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Hypernyms

lithiasis · condition

Relateds

cholecystitis · cholecystonephrolithiasis

Synonyms

cholelithiasis[Appendix:Glossary