bile duct

Noun

Meaning

a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

common bile duct common hepatic duct biliary tree bile tube biliary duct biliary system common duct bile passage bile pathway bile vessel ampulla of Vater biliary tract bile canaliculi bile conduit child seat

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Hypernyms

canal channel duct epithelial duct

Examples

Ambergris bile duct secretion of the intestines of the sperm whale and can be found floating upon the sea, or lying on the coast. Source: Internet

Doctors blamed 27,106 deaths on liver and bile duct cancer in 2017. Source: Internet

His past liver disease had returned two years ago, and the cancer was discovered in his bile duct last November as he was awaiting a liver transplant. Source: Internet

She underwent a separate treatment earlier this week at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a bout of fever with chills and having an "endoscopic procedure to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August," according to the court. Source: Internet

On May 20, 2013, Ray Manzarek died of complications related to bile duct cancer. Source: Internet

Please make me retire before I am 80!" However, Eden's serious illness (he nearly died after a series of botched operations on his bile duct) allowed Churchill to take control of foreign affairs from April 1953. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bile channel bile colic bile conduit bile duct obstruction bile ducts bile obstruction