bile duct
a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.
Origin of bile duct
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How to use bile duct in a sentence
In the case of the Vertebrates, secondary causes, resulting from the stoppage of the bile ducts, also help to produce death.
Inflammatory processes may be initiated in the gall-bladder or the bile-ducts, catarrhal or suppurative in character.
There is also a catarrhal condition of the bile-ducts that leads to the same jaundiced condition.
Sporting Dogs | Frank Townend BartonMore frequently than moral emotion is catarrh of the bile-ducts.
The most distinctive symptom of catarrh of the bile-ducts is jaundice.
Scientific definitions for bile duct
Any of the passages that carry bile from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum.
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