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Random Facts Today's Medical Fact Every two weeks the human stomach produces a new layer of mucous lining, otherwise the stomach would digest itself. Primary links Home Health A-Z HealthJolt Latest Health News Medical Dictionary Secondary links Search BMI Calculator Contact Us Privacy Log in Log in Subscribe Buttons	Medical Dictionary a \| b \| c \| d \| e \| f \| g \| h \| i \| j \| k \| l \| m \| n \| o \| p \| q \| r \| s \| t \| u \| v \| w \| x \| y \| z Click one of the letters above to be taken to a page of all terms beginning with that letter. Gallstones Gallstones are hard particles that form in the gallbladder when cholesterol or bilirubin (red bile pigment) crystallizes out of bile (digestive juice). Gallstones can range in size from the size of a grain of sand to the size of a golf ball. When the gallstones get stuck in the bile ducts, they cause severe abdominal pain.

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