Acute cholecystitis is a painful condition that leads to chronic cholecystitis. It is not clear whether chronic cholecystitis causes any symptoms. Symptoms of acute cholecystis can include: Sharp, cramping, or dull pain in upper right or upper middle of your belly.
chapâ²erÂ·onâ²age (-rÅâ²nÄ­j) n. , chaperon-Chaperone comes from French chaperon, meaning hood or cowl, head covering, which was worn from the 16th century by ladies who served as guides and guardians; chaperon is the standard spelling and chaperone is a variant resulting from pronunciation.See also related terms for hood.hapÂ·erÂ·one. n. 1. A guide or companion whose purpose is to ensure propriety or restrict activity: to see and feel the rough edges of the society ... without the filter of official chaperones (Philip Taubman).
1. Linguistics A predictable phonetic variant of a phoneme. For example, the aspirated t of top, the unaspirated t of stop, and the tt (pronounced as a flap) of batter are allophones of the English phoneme /t/. 2. or Allophone Canadian A person whose native language is other than French or English.