gallbladder
noun/ˈɡɔlˌblædər/
Frequency rank: #15,563 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A small organ beneath the liver that stores bile used to digest fats.
Example sentence
The doctor told her that stones had formed in her gallbladder.
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