gall bladder

See also: gallbladder

English

Gall bladder with ducts.

Alternative forms

• gallbladder
• gall-bladder

Noun

gall bladder (plural gall bladders)

1. (anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.

   Synonyms: cholecyst, gall, vesica biliaris, vesica fellea

   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 178:

     Giraffes, oddly, sometimes have gall bladders and sometimes donʼt.

Derived terms

• nasogallbladder
• strawberry gallbladder

Translations

pear-shaped organ that stores bile

• Afrikaans: galblaas
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: مَرَارَة‎ f (marāra)

  Egyptian Arabic: مرارة‎ f

  Moroccan Arabic: مرارة‎ (marrāra)

• Armenian: լեղապարկ (hy) (leġapark)
• Azerbaijani: ödlük, öd kisəsi (az)
• Basque: behazun xixku
• Belarusian: жаўця́к m (žaŭcják), жо́ўцевы пузы́р m (žóŭcjevy puzýr)
• Bengali: পিত্তাশয় (pittaśoẏ)
• Bikol Central: apdo (bcl)
• Bulgarian: жлъ́чен меху́р m (žlǎ́čen mehúr)
• Catalan: bufeta biliar (ca) f, vesícula biliar (ca) f
• Cebuano: apdo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膽囊／胆囊 (zh) (dǎnnáng), 苦膽／苦胆 (zh) (kǔdǎn)

• Classical Nahuatl: chichicatl
• Czech: žlučník (cs) m
• Danish: galdeblære (da) c
• Dhivehi: ފިތް‎ (fit̊)
• Dutch: galblaas (nl) f
• Erzya: сэпе (sepe)
• Esperanto: galveziko, gala veziko
• Estonian: sapp, sapipõis
• Faroese: gallbløðra f, gall n
• Finnish: sappirakko (fi), sappi (fi)
• French: vésicule biliaire (fr) f
• Friulian: vissie de fêl f
• Galician: vexiga (gl) f, vesícula biliar (gl) f
• Georgian: ნაღვლის ბუშტი (naɣvlis bušṭi)
• German: Gallenblase (de) f
• Greek: χοληδόχος κύστη f (cholidóchos kýsti), (colloquial) χολή (el) f (cholí)

  Ancient: χοληδόχος κύστις f (kholēdókhos kústis), χοληδόχος f (kholēdókhos)

• Greenlandic: sungaq
• Gujarati: પિત્તાશય (pittāśya)
• Hebrew: כִּיס הַמָּרָה‎ (he) m (kis hamará)
• Hindi: पित्ताशय (hi) (pittāśay)
• Hungarian: epehólyag (hu)
• Icelandic: gallblaðra (is) f
• Indonesian: kantong empedu (id), kandung empedu
• Irish: máilín domlais m, domlas m, mála an domlais m
• Italian: cistifellea (it) f, colecisti (it) f
• Japanese: 胆嚢 (ja) (たんのう, tannō)
• Javanese: kantung empedu
• Kalmyk: цөсн (tsösn)
• Kapampangan: atdu
• Khmer: ប្រមាត់ (km) (prɑmŏət)
• Komi-Zyrian: сӧп (söp)
• Korean: 쓸개 (ko) (sseulgae), 담낭(膽囊) (ko) (damnang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kîsikê zeravê m, zeravdank m

• Latin: fel n, vesica biliaris f
• Latvian: žultspūslis m
• Lithuanian: tulžies pūslė
• Macedonian: жолчка f (žolčka)
• Malay: pundi hempedu (ms)
• Malayalam: പിത്താശയം (pittāśayaṁ)
• Maltese: marrara f
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᠯᡥᡳ (silhi)
• Maori: kouawai
• Marathi: पित्ताशय (pittāśay)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цѳсний гэр (cösnii ger)

• Navajo: atłʼizh bizis
• Northern Sami: sáhppi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: galleblære m or f

  Nynorsk: gallblære f, galleblære f

• Ojibwe: (my gall bladder) niinzob
• Old English: ġealla m
• Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰓‎ (üd² /⁠öd⁠/)
• Oriya: ପିତ୍ତକୋଷ (or) (pittôkoṣô)
• Pashto: تريخی‎ (ps)
• Persian: مراره‎ (fa) (marâre), کیسه صفرا‎
• Plautdietsch: Gaulblada f
• Polish: pęcherzyk żółciowy (pl) m, woreczek żółciowy m
• Portuguese: vesícula biliar (pt) f
• Romanian: vezică biliară f, colecist (ro) n, fiere (ro) f, bășica fierii (ro) f
• Russian: же́лчный пузы́рь m (žélčnyj puzýrʹ), жёлчный пузы́рь m (žólčnyj puzýrʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жу̏чња̄к m

  Roman: žȕčnjāk (sh) m

• Sicilian: culicisti f
• Slovak: žlčník (sk) m
• Slovene: žolčnik (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žołcnik m

• Spanish: vesícula biliar (es) f
• Sundanese: hampru
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: gallblåsa (sv) c
• Tagalog: apdo, apduhan
• Tamil: பித்தப்பை (ta) (pittappai)
• Telugu: పిత్తాశయము (te) (pittāśayamu)
• Thai: ถุงน้ำดี (tǔng-náam-dii)
• Turkish: safra kesesi (tr), öd kesesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: жо́вчний міху́р m (žóvčnyj mixúr)
• Urdu: ئۆت خالتیسی‎
• Uzbek: safro (uz) m
• Vietnamese: bao đựng mật, túi mật
• Welsh: coden fustl
• Yami: apdo
• Yiddish: גאַל‎ f (gal)