Bilestone (Noun)
Meaning
A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- Gallstones, also known as cholelithiasis, occur when cholesterol, bile salts, or bilirubin clump together to form a bilstone.
- The surgeon informed the patient that during the ultrasound, they detected a single large bilstone in the bile duct.
- Due to certain genetic conditions, people with liver disease are more prone to developing bilirubin bilstone formations.
- Abnormal contractions in the gallbladder can lead to solidification of bile and subsequent bilstone generation.
- Cholecystitis can occur when an inflamed or blocked bilstone in the bile duct causes the gallbladder to become overinflated with bile.