biliary
AdjectiveSynonyms:
bilious
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- relating to or containing bileSynonyms: biliousRelating to bile
- relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladderRelating to gall bladder
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bil′ia·ry (bĭl′yȧ-ry̆; 106), adjective
Origin: L. bilis bile: cf. F. biliaire.
Physiology Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.
Biliary calculus Medicine, a gallstone, or a concretion formed in the gall bladder or its duct.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54