ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: gall (I) + bladder
: a membranous muscular sac present in most vertebrates in which the bile from the liver is stored until required, in man being pear-shaped and lodged in a fossa on the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver and opening by the cystic duct which joins the hepatic duct to form the common bile duct — see digestion illustration