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gallstone

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡɔːl.stəʊn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɡɑːl.stoʊn/
  • CMU ARPABET: G AO1 L S T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bilestone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: calculus, concretion

History

Etymology

From gall + stone.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَصَاة مَرَارِيَّة — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Basque: behazun-harri — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Bengali: পিত্তপাথুরী (pittopathuri) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Catalan: càlcul biliar — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Chinese Cantonese: 膽石 /胆石 (daam2 sek6) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Chinese Cantonese: 膽結石 /胆结石 (daam2 git3 sek6) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Chinese: 膽石 /胆石 (tán-chio̍h) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Chinese: 膽結石 /胆结石 (tán-kiat-chio̍h) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膽石 /胆石 (dǎnshí) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膽結石 /胆结石 (dǎnjiéshí) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膽囊結石 /胆囊结石 (dǎnnáng jiéshí) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Czech: žlučový kámen — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Danish: galdesten — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Dutch: galsteen — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Esperanto: galŝtono — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Finnish: sappikivi — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • French: calcul biliaire — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Georgian: ნაღვლის კენჭი (naɣvlis ḳenč̣i) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • German: Gallenstein — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Greek: χολόλιθος (cholólithos) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Haitian Creole: pyèlanren — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Hindi: अश्मरी (aśmarī) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Hindi: पथरी (pathrī) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Hungarian: epekő — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Icelandic: gallsteinar — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Ido: bilokalkolo — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Indonesian: batu empedu — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Irish: cloch dhomlais — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Italian: calcolosi biliare — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Japanese: 胆石 (tanseki) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Korean: 담석 (damseok) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Latvian: žultsakmens — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Lithuanian: tulžies akmuo — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Luxembourgish: Galesteen — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Manx: kelkaghys buighid — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Māori: konga kouawa — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Navajo: atłʼizh tsé — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gallestein — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gallestein — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Odia: ପିତ୍ତାସ୍ମରୀ (pittāsmari) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Persian: سنگ زهره (sang-e zahre) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Plautdietsch: Gaulesteen — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Polish: kamień żółciowy — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Portuguese: cálculo biliar — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Romanian: calcul biliar — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Russian: же́лчный ка́мень (žélčnyj kámenʹ) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Scottish Gaelic: clach-dhomblais — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Slovak: žlčový kameň — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Slovene: žolčni kamen — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Lower Sorbian: žołcowy kamušk — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Upper Sorbian: žołčowy kamušk — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Spanish: cálculo biliar — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Swedish: gallsten — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Telugu: గోరోజనము (gōrōjanamu) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Tocharian B: pit-tsamo — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Turkish: safra taşları — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Turkish: safra taşı — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Ukrainian: жо́вчний ка́мінь (žóvčnyj káminʹ) — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Vietnamese: sỏi mật — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Volapük: bilaston — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct
  • Welsh: maen geri — small object that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct