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Definition: Gallstone |
GallstoneNoun1. A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: GallstoneSynonym: bilestone (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gallstone |
| English words defined with "gallstone": Biliary calculus ♦ cholecystectomy, Cholecystotomy, cholelithotomy ♦ Hepatic colic. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Once gallstone symptoms appear, they recur in the majority of patients. (references) | |
Gallstone attacks often follow fatty meals, and they may occur during the night. (references) | ||
Symptoms of gallstones are often called a gallstone "attack" because they occur suddenly. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gallstone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gallstone" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "gallstone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gur tëmthi. (various references) | |
Arabic | حصوة (stone), حصاة صفراوية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | жлъчен камък. (various references) | |
Chinese | 胆"石. (various references) | |
Czech | žluèový kámen. (various references) | |
Danish | galdesten (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), sten (calculus, concrement, concretion, stone), pigmentsten (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), konkrement (calculus, concrement, concretion), cholelith (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), calculus (calculus, calculus I). (various references) | |
Dutch | galsteen (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith, hepatic calcul), galconcrement (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), steen (brick, calculus, cancelmatter, concrement, concretion, gem, imposing stone, imposing surface, jewel, stone), hepatoliet (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), choleliet (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), calculus felleus (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), calculus biliaris (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith). (various references) | |
Farsi | سنگ مجاری صفراوی , سنگ کیسه صفرا, سنگ زهره دان , سنگ صفراءی . (various references) | |
Finnish | sappikivi (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith). (various references) | |
French | calcul biliaire. (various references) | |
German | gallenstein (bile stone, biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith, gall stone). (various references) | |
Greek | σύγκριμα (agglomerate, calculus, concrement, concretion), χολόλιθοσ, λίθος (calculus, gemstone, stone). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אבן "מר" (biliary calculus). (various references) | |
Hungarian | epekő (stone). (various references) | |
Indonesian | buntat. (various references) | |
Italian | cololito (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), colelito (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), calcolo di bilirubina (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), calcolo biliare (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), calcolo (account, calculation, calculus, calculus I, computation, count, design, estimating, gravel, number crunching, reckoning, stone, theory). (various references) | |
Korean | 담석. (various references) | |
Manx | kelkaghys buighid. (various references) | |
Norwegian | gallestein. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allstonegay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | colelitíase (bile gravel, biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith, cholelithiasis), cálculo biliar (biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith). (various references) | |
Romanian | piatrã (concretion, gravel, hail, hailstone, scale, stone, tartar). (various references) | |
Russian | желчный камень (gall-stone). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | žučni kamen. (various references) | |
Spanish | cálculo biliar (bile stone, biliary calculus, biliary concretion, bilirubin concrement, bilirubin concretion, cholelith), cálculo (accounting cost, calculation, calculus, computation, computing, counting, estimate, number crunching, reckoning, stone). (various references) | |
Swedish | gallsten (bilestone). (various references) | |
Turkish | safrakesesi taşı, safra taşı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calculus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gallstone": gallstones. (additional references) | |
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"Gallstone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adlestone, Falstone, galton, Gilston, Glasstone, gullstone, Gyaltsen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gallstone" (pronounced gô"lstō'n) |
| 5 | -l s t ō' n | cobblestone, hailstone, milestone, millstone. |
| 4 | -s t ō' n | bloodstone, Bluestone, brownstone, capstone, cherrystone, cornerstone, curbstone, Eyestone, Firestone, flagstone, Freestone, gemstone, Gladstone, Goldstone, gravestone, greenstone, grindstone, headstone, keystone, limestone, lodestone, moonstone, rhinestone, sandstone, steppingstone, tombstone, touchstone, whetstone. |
| 3 | -t ō' n | acetone, baritone, halftone, monotone, overtone, undertone. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-l-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: allonges, galleons, gellants, tangelos, tollages. | |
-2 letters: allonge, etalons, galleon, gallets, gallons, gelants, gelatos, gellant, legatos, longest, onstage, stollen, tangelo, tangles, tolanes, tollage. | |
-3 letters: agents, aglets, agones, allots, angels, angles, anoles, atolls, atones, etalon, gallet, gallon, gelant, gelato, genoas, gleans, gloats, lanose, latens, legals, legato, lentos, llanos, logans, longes, osteal, sallet, santol, slogan, solate, solgel, stella, stolen, talons, tangle, tangos, telson, tolane, tolans, tongas. | |
-4 letters: aeons, agent, aglet, agone, agons, allot, aloes, alone, along, altos, angel, angle, angst, anole, antes, atoll, atone, elans, enols, etnas, gales, galls, gaols, gates, gelts, genoa, gents, getas, glans, glean, glens, gloat, glost, gnats, goals, goats, lanes, laten, leans, leant, least, legal, lenos, lento, llano, loans, logan, loges, longe, longs, losel, lotas, nates, neats, noels, notal, notes, oaten, ogles, ollas, onset, salol, salon, santo, segno, setal, seton, slang, slant, slate, snell, solan, stage, stale, stall, stane, stang, steal, stela, steno, stoae, stole, stone, taels, tales, talon, tango, tangs, teals, tells, telos, tesla, toeas, togae, togas, tolan, tolas, toles, tolls, tonal, tones, tonga, tongs. | |
-5 letters: aeon, ages, agon, ales, alls, aloe, also, alto, alts, anes, ante, ants, ates, east, eats, egal, egos, elan, ells, engs, enol, eons, etas, etna, gaen, gaes, gale, gall, gals, gane, gaol, gast, gate, gats, gels, gelt, gens, gent, gest, geta, gets, glen, gnat, goal, goas, goat, goes, gone, lags, lane, lang, lase, last, late, lats, leal, lean, leas, legs, leno, lens, lent, lest, lets, loan, loge, logs, lone, long, lose, lost, lota, lots, nags, naos, neat, nest, nets, noel, noes, nogs, nose, nota, note, oast, oats, ogle, olea, oles, olla, ones, sage, sago, sale, sall, salt, sane, sang, sate, seal, seat, sego, sell, sent, seta, slag, slat, sloe, slog, slot, snag, snog, snot, sola, sole, sone, song, stag, stoa, tael, tags, tale, tall, tang, tans, taos, teal, teas, tegs, tela, tell, tels, tens, toea, toes, toga, togs, tola, tole, toll, tone, tong, tons. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-l-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: gallstones. | |
+2 letters: allegations, legislation. | |
+3 letters: alloantigens, angelologist, desolatingly, forestalling, gelatinously, legislations, steamrolling, stonewalling, stranglehold. | |
+4 letters: angelologists, constellating, flagellations, legalizations, planetologies, planetologist, strangleholds. | |
+5 letters: estrogenically, lignosulfonate, lognormalities, megalopolitans, paleontologies, paleontologist, planetologists, steamrollering, tropocollagens. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 6C 6C 73 74 6F 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- .-.. .-.. ... - --- -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01101100 01101100 01110011 01110100 01101111 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a l l s t o n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 006C 006C 0073 0074 006F 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)416778788586818071 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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