gallstone

See also: gall stone

English

Etymology

From gall +‎ stone.

Noun

gallstone (plural gallstones)

1. (biology, medicine) A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.

Synonyms

• bilestone
• cholelith

Hypernyms

• calculus
• stone

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: حَصَاة مَرَارِيَّة f (ḥaṣā(t) marāriyya)
• Basque: behazun-harri
• Bengali: পিত্তপাথুরী (pittopathuri)
• Catalan: càlcul biliar m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 膽石／胆石 (daam² sek⁶), 膽結石／胆结石 (daam² git³ sek⁶)

  Hokkien: 膽石／胆石 (táⁿ-chio̍h), 膽結石／胆结石 (táⁿ-kiat-chio̍h)

  Mandarin: 膽石／胆石 (zh) (dǎnshí), 膽結石／胆结石 (zh) (dǎnjiéshí), 膽囊結石／胆囊结石 (dǎnnáng jiéshí)

• Czech: žlučový kámen m
• Danish: galdesten (da) c
• Dutch: galsteen (nl) m
• Esperanto: galŝtono
• Finnish: sappikivi (fi)
• French: calcul biliaire (fr) m
• Georgian: ნაღვლის კენჭი (naɣvlis ḳenč̣i)
• German: Gallenstein (de) m
• Greek: χολόλιθος (el) m (cholólithos)
• Haitian Creole: pyèlanren
• Hindi: पित्त पथरी f (pitt pathrī)
• Hungarian: epekő (hu)
• Icelandic: gallsteinar
• Ido: bilokalkolo (io)
• Indonesian: batu empedu (id)
• Irish: cloch dhomlais f
• Italian: calcolosi biliare f
• Japanese: 胆石 (ja) (たんせき, tanseki)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 담석 (ko) (damseok)
• Latvian: žultsakmens m
• Lithuanian: tulžies akmuo m
• Luxembourgish: Galesteen m
• Manx: kelkaghys buighid
• Maori: konga kouawa
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: atłʼizh tsé
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gallestein m

  Nynorsk: gallestein m

• Odia: ପିତ୍ତାସ୍ମରୀ (pittāsmari)
• Plautdietsch: Gaulesteen m
• Polish: kamień żółciowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: cálculo biliar m
• Romanian: calcul biliar n
• Russian: же́лчный ка́мень m (žélčnyj kámenʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: clach-dhomblais f
• Slovak: žlčový kameň m
• Slovene: žolčni kamen (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žołcowy kamušk m

  Upper Sorbian: žołčowy kamušk m

• Spanish: cálculo biliar m
• Swedish: gallsten (sv) c
• Telugu: గోరోజనము (te) (gōrōjanamu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: pit-tsamo
• Turkish: safra taşları, safra taşı
• Ukrainian: жо́вчний ка́мінь m (žóvčnyj káminʹ)
• Vietnamese: sỏi mật
• Volapük: bilaston (vo)
• Welsh: maen geri m

Anagrams

• stonegall