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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

gall·stone / ˈgôlˌstōn/ • n. a small, hard crystalline mass formed abnormally in the gallbladder or bile ducts from bile pigments, cholesterol, and calcium salts. Gallstones can cause severe pain and blockage of the bile duct.

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