Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to bile, the bile ducts, or the gallbladder.
  • adjective Transporting bile.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Belonging to the bile; conveying the bile: as, a biliary duct.
  • Bilious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile.
  • adjective (Med.) a gallstone, or a concretion formed in the gall bladder or its duct.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to bile

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder
  • adjective relating to or containing bile

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Examples

  • Since the 1980s, efforts in biliary atresia were also supported by Dr. Camillus Witzleben, Chairman of Pathology, and Dr. John B. Watkins, Chief of Gastroenterology, who each had a specific interest in biliary atresia and biliary tract diseases.

    About the Biliary Atresia Program 2010

  • We hope that, by understanding the process of fibrogenesis in biliary atresia, we will be able to develop rational therapies.

    Basic Science Liver Disease Research 2010

  • Liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, characterized by the excessive production and decreased degradation of abnormal extracellular matrix, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in biliary atresia.

    Basic Science Liver Disease Research 2010

  • Liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, characterized by the excessive production and decreased degradation of abnormal extracellular matrix, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in biliary atresia.

    Basic Biliary Atresia Research 2010

  • The purpose of the event is to update families and providers about developments in biliary atresia (BA) research and clinical care.

    Biliary Atresia Education Day 2010

  • Here is an overview of the ongoing basic (laboratory) and clinical research in biliary atresia at Children's Hospital.

    Biliary Atresia Research 2010

  • We hope that, by understanding the process of fibrogenesis in biliary atresia, we will be able to develop rational therapies.

    Basic Biliary Atresia Research 2010

  • The purpose of the event is to update families and providers about developments in biliary atresia (BA) research and clinical care.

    Biliary Atresia Education Day 2010

  • The liver's bile-carrying structures, which are the gallbladder and the bile ducts; also called the biliary system or the biliary tree.

    Biliary Atresia Glossary 2010

  • The liver's bile-carrying structures, which are the gallbladder and the bile ducts; also called the biliary system or the biliary tree.

    Alagille Syndrome Glossary 2009

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