I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gall bladder
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
postprandial
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Our study also showed that postprandial gall bladder contraction was suppressed for at least four hours after octreotide injection.
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Like others, we saw postprandial gall bladder filling rather than contraction at 45 minutes and four hours after injection.
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After each mode of octreotide treatment, postprandial residual gall bladder volume increased.
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In pregnancy and obesity, increased fasting and postprandial residual gall bladder volumes are associated with increased risk of gall stone formation.
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This study indicates that octreotide injections impair postprandial gall bladder contraction for at least four hours.
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Eight hours after octreotide injection, postprandial gall bladder contraction was partially restored.
symptomatic
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The presence of symptomatic gall stones in eight patients is interesting and is the subject of a more thorough investigation.
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The rate of symptomatic gall bladder disease among women of parity 1 was generally twice that of their nulliparous counterparts.
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The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has changed the approach to the treatment of symptomatic gall stones.
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These results suggest that smoking and parity are important risk factors for the development of symptomatic gall bladder disease in women.
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The rate of symptomatic gall bladder disease roughly doubled once a woman had been pregnant.
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Women in social classes IV+V had a 25% greater risk of symptomatic gall bladder disease compared with those in social classes I+II.
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This study assessed symptomatic gall bladder disease rather the total occurrence of the condition.
■ NOUN
bladder
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At eight hours after injection, about 70% of maximum gall bladder contraction was achieved at 45 minutes after the test meal.
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It was considered that many of these problems were related to inexperience in the management of stones within a retained gall bladder .
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Unfortunately, no effective gall bladder plug has been developed despite considerable research in this field.
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the most popular method for removing the gall bladder .
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We found that patients with acromegaly not receiving treatment, were able to contract their gall bladder almost completely after a meal.
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A direct relation between body mass index and the risk of gall bladder disease has been described.
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He later had to have his gall bladder removed.
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Only six of the 13 patients had a clear gall bladder at the end of the first procedure.
cholesterol
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The concentration of phospholipids was also higher in the cholesterol gall stone patients but not to a significant degree.
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In this study, a significantly greater total lipid concentration was found in the hepatic bile of cholesterol gall stone patients.
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The reason for the greater total lipid concentration in cholesterol gall stone patients is not clear at present.
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Paired hepatic and gall bladder bile samples were collected from 10 patients with cholesterol gall stones and six patients without gall stones.
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Whatever the mechanism is, the patients with cholesterol gall stones produce less metastable hepatic bile.
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In conclusion, patients with cholesterol gall stones produce less metastable hepatic bile measured by the evidence of shorter nucleation time.
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These findings suggest that factors, in addition to biliary cholesterol saturation, are responsible for the formation of cholesterol gall stones.
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The aetiology of cholesterol gall stones has not been completely elucidated.
stone
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Many studies suggest that sludge formation is a marker of gall stone formation.
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The concentration of phospholipids was also higher in the cholesterol gall stone patients but not to a significant degree.
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Evidence was sought for factors that might predict gall stone recurrence.
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Trial criteria - Twenty one patients developed gall stone recurrence.
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Patients with gall stones or established inflammatory bowel disease were excluded.
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With the exception of these 11 patients, when ultrasonagraphy suggested gall stone recurrence it was always accompanied by an oral cholecystectography.
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In conclusion, patients with cholesterol gall stones produce less metastable hepatic bile measured by the evidence of shorter nucleation time.
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As yet, there is no information about nucleation times measured in this way in patients with complete gall stone dissolution.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence; worse still, that it had been witnessed.
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One grain of trouble would gall the clergy and the councillors like a pin under a saddle.