n. The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In surgery, anincision into the gall-bladder.
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n. surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)
Word Usage
"And last week, Kamran Goudarzi, a general surgeon in Wilmington, performed the area's first SILS cholecystectomy, which is removing the gall bladder through a single incision in the patient's belly button."