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Gallstone

British pronunciation/ɡˈælstə‍ʊn/
American pronunciation/ˈɡɔɫˌstoʊn/
Gallstone
[NOUN]
1

a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts

synonyms : bilestone
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1The stones in the gallbladder are called gallstones.
2Generally, gallstones are treated with an operation.
3But the gallstones had already caused inflammation in his liver.
4In 2015, Dr. Makhan Lala Saha, a gastrointestinal endosurgeon in India removed almost 12,000 gallstones from a patient.
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