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What is the noun for gallstones?

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gallstone
  1. (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.
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    1. “Another gallstone dissolver cannot be taken orally so moctanin has to be given via a catheter through the skin or via an endoscope into the gallbladder.”
      “The passage of a gallstone down the bile duct into the duodenum is very painful, and is known as biliary colic.”
      “This type of jaundice is usually caused by a gallstone, or a tumour or cyst in the bile duct or pancreas.”
gallstones
  1. plural of gallstone
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    1. “When it precipitates in the gall bladder it forms crystalline solids called gallstones.”
      “Certain antibiotics like ceftrianxone and anti-transplant rejection drugs like cyclosporin increase your chances of forming gallstones.”
      “There are many reasons for jaundice other than cancer, for example hepatitis, or obstruction of the common bile duct due to gallstones.”
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