gall bladder

English

Wikipedia

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: مرارة f (maraara)

  Egyptian Arabic: مرارة f

• Armenian: լեղապարկ (lełapark)
• Basque: behazun xixku
• Bulgarian: жлъчен мехур m (žlăčen mexur)
• Catalan: bufeta biliar f, vesícula biliar f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膽囊, 胆囊 (zh) (dǎnnáng)

• Czech: žlučník (cs) m
• Danish: galdeblære c
• Dhivehi: ފިތް (fit)
• Dutch: galblaas (nl)
• Erzya: сэпе (sepe)
• Esperanto: galveziko
• Estonian: sapp
• Finnish: sappirakko (fi), sappi (fi)
• French: vésicule biliaire (fr) f
• Georgian: ნაღვლის ბუშტი (naḡvlis bušti)
• German: Gallenblase (de) f
• Greek: χοληδόχος κύστη f (cholidóchos kýsti), (colloquial) χολή (el) f (cholí)
• Hebrew: כיס המרה (he)
• Hindi: पित्ताशय (pittāśay)
• Hungarian: epe (hu), epehólyag (hu)
• Icelandic: gallblaðra (is) f
• Indonesian: kantung empedu
• Irish: máilín domlais m, domlas m
• Italian: cistifellea (it) f
• Japanese: 胆嚢 (ja) (たんのう, tannō)
• Javanese: kantung empedu
• Khmer: ប្រមាត់ (km) (prɑmat)
• Komi: сöп (sëp)

• 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)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: galleblære m, f

  Nynorsk: gallblære f, galleblære f

• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: تريخی (ps)
• Persian: مراره (fa)
• Polish: pęcherzyk żółciowy m, woreczek żółciowy m
• Portuguese: vesícula biliar (pt) f
• Romanian: vezică biliară f, colecist (ro) n
• Russian: желчный пузырь m (žélčnyj puzýr’)
• Sami: sáhppi
• Serbo-Croatian: žuč m
• Slovak: žlčník m
• Slovene: žolčnik (sl) m
• Spanish: vesícula biliar (es) f
• Sundanese: hampru
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: gallblåsa c
• Tamil: பித்தப்பை (ta) (pittappai)
• Telugu: పిత్తాశయము (te) (pittāśayamu)
• Thai: ถุงน้ำดี (tŏong nám dee)
• Turkish: safra kesesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: жовчний міхур m (žovčnyj mixur)
• Vietnamese: bao đựng mật
• Welsh: coden fustl