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gallstone

/gawl-stohn/US // ˈgɔlˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈɡɔːlˌstəʊn) //

胆石,胆石症,胆结石,胆石病

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an abnormal stonelike mass, usually of cholesterol, formed in the gallbladder or bile passages.

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Examples

  • In the spring of 2016, Jasmine was hospitalized with gallstones.

  • In the winter of 2017, Jasmine was hospitalized again with gallstones, and her prognosis wasn’t good.

  • In the fall of 2016, Jasmine developed her first pressure sores during hospitalizations for gallstones.

  • Michael Leitzmann, et al. “A Prospective Study of Coffee Consumption and the Risk of Symptomatic Gallstone Disease in Men.”

  • Such is the pain produced by lead-colic, or by the passage of a gallstone or renal calculus.

  • Another journal tells of a new gallstone cure that never fails to cause the stones to be passed even if they are big as walnuts.

  • Hysteria will imitate nearly every form of cramp, including even those due to gallstone and kidney calculus.