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gallstone

[gawl-stohn] / ˈgɔlˌstoʊn /
NOUN
mass in gallbladder
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But rarer and more serious ones include acute gallstone disease, pancreatitis and serious allergic reactions.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

The TV presenter eventually asked for the gallstone back, Vistica said, and they gave it to her.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

He was asked whether to remove a gallstone, if it was okay to begin chemotherapy, and whether this was a good time for a root canal.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2022

Ginsburg participated remotely from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 2020 while hospitalized with an infection caused by a gallstone.

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2022

Acute intestinal obstruction, cancer of the intestine, inflammation of the ovary, typhoid fever and renal and gallstone colic, are affections which are apt to be mistaken for appendicitis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various