gall
gawl
- n an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- n a skin sore caused by chafing
- n abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
- n a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- n a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- n the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- v become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- v irritate or vex
It galls me that we lost the suit
- This is what human gall bladders normally do during digestion, what they cannot do when obstructed by gallstones or mucus plugs.
- Most surgeons prefer to cut out the gall bladder with the stones because a sack, once diseased, usually becomes inflamed again.
- Lurking half-hidden behind the lower edge of the liver, the pear-shaped gall bladder serves as a storehouse for an essential substancethe thick, greenish bile (or gall) that .