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Definition: Common Bile Duct |
Common Bile DuctNoun1. A duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The largest biliary duct. It is formed by the junction of the cystic duct and the hepatic duct. (references) |
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Synonym: Common Bile DuctSynonym: bile duct (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Common Bile Duct |
| English words defined with "common bile duct": Cystic duct ♦ musculus sphincter ductus choledochi. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "common bile duct": Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic ♦ Choledochostomy, Common Bile Duct Calculi, Common Bile Duct Diseases, Common Bile Duct Neoplasms, Common Bile Duct Obstruction ♦ endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ♦ Hepatic Duct, Common ♦ Oddi's Sphincter ♦ Sphincter of Oddi ♦ Vater's Ampulla. (references) |
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Health | Training in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration is encouraged. (references) | |
An injured common bile duct can leak bile and cause a painful and potentially dangerous infection. (references) | ||
Other ducts open into the common bile duct, including the pancreatic duct, which carries digestive enzymes out of the pancreas. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "common bile duct": Common Bile Duct Calculi ♦ Common Bile Duct Diseases ♦ Common Bile Duct Neoplasms ♦ Common Bile Duct Obstruction. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
common bile duct | 19 |
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| Language | Translations for "common bile duct"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | voie biliaire principale. (various references) | ||||
Greek | κοινός χοληφόρος πόρος. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ommoncay ilebay uctday | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-c-d-e-i-l-m-m-n-o-o-t-u" | |
-3 letters: conductible. | |
-4 letters: comminuted, immunoblot, outclimbed. | |
-5 letters: columbine, columbite, comminute, coulombic, decoction, doubleton, elocution, incommode, multimode. | |
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