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(medicine) A preparation of barium sulfate (a radioopaque compound) which the patient ingests for the purpose of producing clear radiographs of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
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A gallstone, or biliary calculus.
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(medicine) The path by which bile is secreted and delivered to the duodenum.
adj
Relating to bronchodilation
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(anatomy) An anatomic space bordered by the common hepatic duct, the cystic duct and base of the liver. It is used to identify the cystic artery.
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(anatomy) An imaginary line, extending from the left side of the inferior vena cava to the middle of the gallbladder, which divides the liver into two planes and is used when performing a hepatectomy.
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(medicine, pathology) Benign tumor of the bile ducts (e.g., common bile duct, cholangioles).
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bile duct
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Relating to the cholecyst (gall bladder)
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(medicine) An inflammation of the gall bladder.
n
(pathology) nephrolithiasis of the gall bladder
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(anatomy) The common bile duct
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(pathology) inflammation of the common bile duct
adj
That increases the contractile power of the bile duct
n
The formation of gallstones
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A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
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Obsolete spelling of chyle [A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.]
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(anatomy) The bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct. It discharges bile into the duodenum.
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(anatomy) A short duct that leads from the gallbladder and unites with the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct.
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(anatomy) The common bile duct.
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(anatomy) The gall bladder.
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(anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
adj
That has undergone hepatectomy
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(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.
adj
Synonym of hepatopulmonary
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A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
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Synonym of hepatoscopy (“divination from entrails”)
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(surgery) Surgical anchoring of a displaced liver to the abdominal wall.
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(surgery) A surgical treatment for biliary atresia, in which the porta hepatis (part of the liver where bile normally drains) is decapsulated and anastomosed to the distal end of the jejunum to allow maximal bile drainage.
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(rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section representing a deity, and the markings in these zones were important.
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(medicine) The use of a contrast medium to outline or depict radiographically the liver and spleen.
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cholangiocarcinoma at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts
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A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones.
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(anatomy) anomalous union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts outside the duodenal wall.
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A double fold of peritoneum attaching the gall bladder to the liver.
adj
Relating to the pancreas and bile duct.
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(pathology) pancreatic cholangitis
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Around the gall bladder
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the spleen and the liver
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(medicine) An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.
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A gallbladder exhibiting cholesterolosis.
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(medicine) Inflammation of the urinary bladder.
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