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phyllode (medicine) and gallbladder emptying (medicine)


phyllode (medicine)


phyllode
<plant biology> A leaf whose blade is much reduced or absent, and whose petiole and rachis have assumed the functions of the whole leaf.

Compare: cladode.


gallbladder emptying (medicine)


gallbladder emptying


A process whereby bile is delivered from the gallbladder into the duodenum. The emptying is caused by both contraction of the gallbladder and relaxation of the sphincter mechanism at the choledochal terminus.