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cholecyst/o: Gallbladder

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The combining form cholecyst slash o names the gallbladder, the sac storing bile.

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Cholecystectomy is surgical removal of the gallbladder.

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The form joins chol, bile, with cyst, a sac. The gallbladder is the bile sac.