rare. [ad. mod.L. cholecystis, f. Gr. χολή gall + κύστις bladder, cyst.] The gall-bladder.

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1881.  in Syd. Soc. Lex.

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  Hence Cholecystitis (see quot.); Cholecystectomy [Gr. ἐκτομία cutting out], extirpation of the gall-bladder; Cholecystotomy [Gr. τομία cutting], the opening of the gall-bladder for the purpose of removing gall-stones.

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1866.  A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 635. Ulceration of the gall-bladder … cholecystitis, as it has been called.

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1885.  Lond. Med. Rec., 16 Feb., 39/1. Cholecystectomy is said … to have been done six times.

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1880.  Lawson Tait, in Med. Chirurg. Trans., LXIII. 17. Case of Cholecystotomy performed for dropsy of the Gall-Bladder.

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