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BILIARY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

gallbladder (a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion)

Derivation:

bile (a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or containing bile

Synonyms:

biliary; bilious

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bile (a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats)

Derivation:

bile (a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats)

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Causes include liver disease, perforation of the gastrointestinal tract or biliary tract, and peritoneal dialysis.

(Peritonitis, NCI Thesaurus)

As a cholinergic parasympathomimetic agent, pilocarpine predominantly binds to muscarinic receptors, thereby inducing exocrine gland secretion and stimulating smooth muscle in the bronchi, urinary tract, biliary tract, and intestinal tract.

(Pilocarpine, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and PTCD.

(Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage, NCI Dictionary)

A finding indicating increased bilirubin levels in the blood and urine, due to intrahepatic or extrahepatic obstruction of the biliary system.

(Obstructive Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)

Dextrothyroxine stimulates the formation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and increases the catabolism of LDL thereby leading to increased excretion of cholesterol and bile acids via the biliary route.

(Dextrothyroxine, NCI Thesaurus)

Naveglitazar and its metabolites are primarily eliminated via biliary excretion.

(Naveglitazar, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically it resembles the papillary neoplasms of the biliary tree.

(Ampullary Noninvasive Papillary Neoplasm, Pancreatobiliary Type, NCI Thesaurus)

The biliary tract includes the gallbladder and bile ducts inside and outside the liver.

(Biliary tract, NCI Dictionary)

A finding of leakage of bile due to breakdown of a biliary anastomosis (surgical connection of two separate anatomic structures).

(Biliary Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Cirrhosis of the liver caused either by destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts (primary biliary cirrhosis) or blockage of the extrahepatic bile ducts (secondary biliary cirrhosis).

(Biliary cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)