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Definition of Bile duct
1. Noun. A duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum.
Generic synonyms: Canal, Channel, Duct, Epithelial Duct
Group relationships: Liver
Terms within: Musculus Sphincter Ductus Choledochi
Definition of Bile duct
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bile duct
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bile Duct
Literary usage of Bile duct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"Bile-duct transplanted to intestine below the pancreas by direct implantation
... Widely distended bile-duct which was transplanted at previous operation, b ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1922)
"Under ether, the bile duct was exposed close to its entrance into the duodenum.
By the use of the mechanical stage the cannula was then introduced either ..."
3. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"... diverticulum or reservoir the gall-bladder ; of the communicating tube, cystic
duct, and of the united cystic and hepatic ducts, the common bile-duct or ..."
4. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1889)
"Common bile-duct distended and obstructed by medullary cancer growing from ...
Common bile-duct at duodenal orifice obstructed by a cherry- sized tumor. ..."
5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"447), to form the bile-duct. As it descends, the common hepatic ... The bile-duct
is from three and a half to four inches long (8.7 to 10 cm.). ..."
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