gallstonen.
/ˈɡɔːlstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈɡɔlˌstoʊn/, /ˈɡɑlˌstoʊn/ a. A morbid calculous formation in the gall bladder.
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bile-stone1796
cholecystitis1873
1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 543 An Account of Two extraordinary Cases of Gall-Stones.
1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson in Wks. I. 553 He had frequent fits of pain which indicated the passage of a gall-stone.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 321 Gall-stones occur especially in the gall-bladder.
b. attributive.
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1846 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 14. 174 Pileus convex,..of a uniform gall-stone yellow.
1883 G. Harley Treat. Dis. Liver xi. 607 The pathology of gall-stone pain.
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