gall-stone
(ˈgɔːlstəʊn)
[f. gall n.1 + stone n.]
A morbid calculous formation in the gall-bladder.
| 1758 Phil. Trans. L. 543 An Account of Two extraordinary Cases of Gall-Stones. 1787 Sir J. Hawkins Life Johnson Wks. I. 553 He had frequent fits of pain which indicated the passage of a gall-stone. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 321 Gall-stones occur especially in the gall-bladder. |
b. attrib.
| 1846 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 14. 174 Pileus convex,..of a uniform gall-stone yellow. 1883 G. Harley Dis. Liver xi. 607 The pathology of gall-stone pain. |