Definition of "gall bladder" []

• A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "It is of an oblong form, and appears to be for the purpose of containing the bile, until the proper time for it to be thrown into the stomach: -- the bile is conveyed from the gall bladder into the first portion of the small intestines, called duodenum, and from thence into the stomach."