- cholesterol gallstone
- a gallstone whose main component is cholesterol, usually found in the gallbladder.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cholesterol gallstone
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gallstone — n. a hard mass composed of bile pigments, cholesterol, and calcium salts, in varying proportions, that can form in the gall bladder. The formation of gallstones (cholelithiasis) occurs when the physical characteristics of bile alter so that… … The new mediacal dictionary
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