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COMMON BILE DUCT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bile duct; common bile duct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("common bile duct" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Meronyms (parts of "common bile duct"):

musculus sphincter ductus choledochi (the smooth muscle sphincter of the common bile duct)

Holonyms ("common bile duct" is a part of...):

liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)

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 Context examples: 

The presence of one or more stones in the common bile duct.

(Common Bile Duct Stone, NCI Thesaurus)

Bile ducts include the common hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts.

(Bile Duct Cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Any of the ducts conveying bile between the liver and the intestine, including hepatic, cystic, and common bile duct.

(Bile duct, NCI Thesaurus)

It involves the excision of the ampulla of Vater and the implantation of the common bile duct and pancreatic main duct into the wall of duodenum.

(Ampullectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

It is comprised of the common bile duct that connects the liver and gall bladder to the small intestine and the cystic duct that connects the gall bladder to the common bile duct.

(Biliary tract, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is comprised of the intrahepatic bile ducts, hepatic ducts, common bile duct, cystic duct, and the gallbladder.

(Biliary tract, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital cystic dilatation of the common bile duct; this condition may be asymptomatic, or cause vomiting, fever, jaundice, or pain in the right upper quadrant.

(Choledochal Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Solid material that forms in the gallbladder or common bile duct.

(Cholelith, NCI Dictionary)

In a total pancreatectomy, part of the stomach, part of the small intestine, the common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen, and nearby lymph nodes also are removed.

(Pancreatectomy, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure to x-ray the hepatic and common bile ducts.

(Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, NCI Dictionary)