biliary

Adjective
Synonyms: bilious

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. relating to or containing bileSynonyms: biliousRelating to bile
  2. 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

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