BILIARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biliary mean? 

• BILIARY (adjective)
  The adjective BILIARY has 2 senses:

1. relating to or containing bile

2. relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder

  Familiarity information: BILIARY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILIARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or containing bile

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

biliary; bilious

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)

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the biliary tract.

(Cholangitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Cinametic acid relaxes the sphincter of Oddi and regulates hepato-biliary function.

(Cinametic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

It is part of the biliary duct system.

(Common bile duct, NCI Dictionary)

An acute or chronic inflammatory process affecting the biliary tract.

(Cholangitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the intrahepatic biliary tree (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma) or from the junction, or adjacent to the junction, of the right and left hepatic ducts (hilar cholangiocarcinoma).

(Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure performed on the biliary tract.

(Biliary Tract Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)

This blocks the activity of acetylcholine (Ach) and causes its antispasmodic effect in the gastrointestinal (GI), urinary, uterine, and biliary tracts.

(Butylscopolamine Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)

A component of the biliary duct system created by the convergence of the left and right hepatic ducts.

(Common hepatic duct, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the eight liver segments that has its own vascular inflow, outflow, and biliary drainage, thus defined as functionally independent.

(Couinaud Liver Segment, NCI Thesaurus)

The evaluation of the liver and biliary tree using a contrast agent injected directly into the liver.

(Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, NCI Thesaurus)