Explore Gallstone through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like calculus or concretion. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gallstone meaning
A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
Synonyms of Gallstone
Using Gallstone
- The main meaning on this page is: A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
- Useful related words include: bilestone, calculus, concretion.
Context around Gallstone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gallstone
- In this selection, "gallstone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marshal, pancreatitis, mocking and problems stand out and add context to how "gallstone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include constipation or gallstone problems and field marshal gallstone mocking both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gallstone" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gallstone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even so, more than half of the dogs that returned had constipation or gallstone problems. (15 words)
In the proceedings, it was claimed there was a failure to follow guidelines for the management of gallstone pancreatitis during Mr Doyle’s Kilkenny hospital admission in September 2016. (29 words)
His real-life brother Curly (real name Jerry) plays Field Marshal Gallstone, mocking both Hermann Goering and Mussolini, while Larry plays Minister of Propaganda Pebble, making fun of Joseph Goebbels. (30 words)
His real-life brother Curly (real name Jerry) plays Field Marshal Gallstone, mocking both Hermann Goering and Mussolini, while Larry plays Minister of Propaganda Pebble, making fun of Joseph Goebbels. (30 words)
In the proceedings, it was claimed there was a failure to follow guidelines for the management of gallstone pancreatitis during Mr Doyle’s Kilkenny hospital admission in September 2016. (29 words)
Even so, more than half of the dogs that returned had constipation or gallstone problems. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
In the proceedings, it was claimed there was a failure to follow guidelines for the management of gallstone pancreatitis during Mr Doyle’s Kilkenny hospital admission in September 2016.
His real-life brother Curly (real name Jerry) plays Field Marshal Gallstone, mocking both Hermann Goering and Mussolini, while Larry plays Minister of Propaganda Pebble, making fun of Joseph Goebbels.
Even so, more than half of the dogs that returned had constipation or gallstone problems.