HyperDic: gallbladder

English > 1 sense of the word *gallbladder*:
NOUN	body	gallbladder, gall bladder	a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion

gallbladder > pronunciation
Sounds	gao'lblae.der
Rhymes	adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der...

English > *gallbladder*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion.
Synonym	gall bladder
Part of	thorax, chest, pectus	The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
Broader	bladder, vesica	A distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid / liquid or gas)
Spanish	vesícula biliar
Catalan	bufeta biliar, bufeta del fel, vesícula biliar
Adjectives	biliary	relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder