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BILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bile" is a kind of...):
digestive fluid; digestive juice (secretions that aid digestion)
Derivation:
biliary (relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder)
biliary; bilious (relating to or containing bile)
Context examples:
A procedure to x-ray the hepatic and common bile ducts.
(Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, NCI Dictionary)
An intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma that arises from the small interlobular bile ducts.
(Peripheral Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Yellow pigmentation of the skin, mucous membranes and eyes due to hyperbilirubinemia caused by inspissated bile plugs in the bile ducts during the perinatal period.
(Perinatal Jaundice due to Inspissated Bile Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant intrahepatic neoplasm arising from the small interlobular bile ducts.
(Peripheral Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This protein is involved in the mediation of fatty acid oxidation and the synthesis of bile acid.
(Peroxisomal Acyl-Coenzyme A Oxidase 2, NCI Thesaurus)
These vitamins are lipo-soluble; absorption via intestinal lymphatics requires the presence of bile salts.
(Phytonadione, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, inherited disorder marked by a buildup in the liver of bile (fluid that helps digest fat).
(PFIC, NCI Dictionary)
An intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma that arises from the intrahepatic large bile ducts.
(Perihilar Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Perihilar bile duct cancer with a finding of carcinoma in situ.
(Perihilar Bile Duct Cancer pTis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of perihilar bile duct cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.
(Perihilar Bile Duct Cancer Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
