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Cholecyst

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The gallbladder.

The word cholecyst is not much used today but it figures into a number of other terms to do with the gallbladder Cholecystectomy is removal of the gallbladder.

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder.

Cholecystogram is an x-ray of the gallbladder.

Cholecyst, literally, means, bilebladder.

It comes from chol, referring to bile + cyst, a bladder.

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