Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0602 short lesson, about 20 seconds
cholecyst/o: Gallbladder
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The idea
The combining form cholecyst slash o names the gallbladder, the sac storing bile.
In practice
Cholecystectomy is surgical removal of the gallbladder.
Where people slip
The form joins chol, bile, with cyst, a sac. The gallbladder is the bile sac.
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