Definition of gallstone
: a calculus (as of cholesterol) formed in the gallbladder or biliary passages
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medical : a hard object like a small stone that sometimes forms in the gallbladder and that can cause great pain
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: a calculus (as of cholesterol) formed in the gallbladder or biliary passages—called also biliary calculus, cholelith
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