gall bladder

See also: gallbladder

English

Gall bladder with ducts.

Alternative forms

• gallbladder

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, vescica biliaris, vescica fellea

Translations

pear-shaped organ that stores bile

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

  Egyptian Arabic: مرارة‎‎ f

• Armenian: լեղապարկ (hy) (lełapark)
• Basque: behazun xixku
• Belarusian: жаўця́к m (žaŭcják)
• Bikol Central: apdo
• Bulgarian: жлъчен мехур m (žlǎčen mehur)
• Catalan: bufeta biliar (ca) f, vesícula biliar (ca) f
• Cebuano: apdo
• Chinese:

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

• Classical Nahuatl: chichicatl
• Czech: žlučník (cs) m
• Danish: galdeblære (da) c
• Dhivehi: ފިތް‎‎ (fit)
• Dutch: galblaas (nl)
• Erzya: сэпе (sepe)
• Esperanto: galveziko
• Estonian: sapp
• Faroese: gallbløðra f, gall n
• Finnish: sappirakko (fi), sappi (fi)
• French: vésicule biliaire (fr) f
• Friulian: vissie de fêl f
• Georgian: ნაღვლის ბუშტი (naɣvlis bušṭi)
• German: Gallenblase (de) f
• Greek: χοληδόχος κύστη f (cholidóchos kýsti), (colloquial) χολή (el) f (cholí)
• Hebrew: כיס המרה‎‎ (he)
• Hindi: पित्ताशय (hi) (pittāśay)
• Hungarian: epehólyag (hu)
• Icelandic: gallblaðra (is) f
• Indonesian: kantung empedu
• Irish: máilín domlais m, domlas m, mála an domlais m
• Italian: cistifellea (it) f
• Japanese: 胆嚢 (ja) (たんのう, tannō)
• Javanese: kantung empedu
• Kalmyk: цөсн (tsösn)
• Kapampangan: atdu
• Khmer: ប្រមាត់ (km) (prɑmat)
• Komi-Zyrian: сöп (söp)

• Korean: 쓸개 (ko) (sseulgae), 담낭 (ko) (damnang) (膽囊 (ko))
• Latin: vesica biliaris f
• Latvian: žultspūslis m
• Lithuanian: tulžies pūslė
• Malay: pundi hempedu
• Maltese: marrara f
• Maori: kouawai
• Mongolian: цѳсний гэр (tsѳsnij ger)
• Navajo: atłʼizh bizis
• Northern Sami: sáhppi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: galleblære m, f

  Nynorsk: gallblære f, galleblære f

• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰓‎‎ (öd)
• Pashto: تريخی‎‎ (ps)
• Persian: مراره‎‎ (fa)
• Polish: pęcherzyk żółciowy (pl) m, woreczek żółciowy m
• Portuguese: vesícula biliar (pt) f
• Romanian: vezică biliară f, colecist (ro) n, fiere (ro) f
• Russian: же́лчный пузы́рь m (žélčnyj puzýrʹ), жёлчный пузы́рь m (žólčnyj puzýrʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жу̑ч m

  Roman: žȗč (sh) m

• Slovak: žlčník (sk) m
• Slovene: žolčnik (sl) 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)
• Ukrainian: жо́вчний міху́р m (žóvčnyj mixúr)
• Vietnamese: bao đựng mật, túi mật
• Welsh: coden fustl
• Yami: apdo
• Yiddish: גאַל‎‎ f (gal)