gallstone

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But rarer and more serious ones include acute gallstone disease, pancreatitis and serious allergic reactions.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Her recent gallstone surgery cost nearly $1,500, but less than a third of it could be expensed under her insurance plan, she said.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 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

It appears to be a urio-phosphate of lime, and is of a beautiful pure yellow colour and light powdery texture; of greater body and depth than gamboge, but inferior in these respects to gallstone.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas