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Any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cholangio-
Antonyms: none provided
a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common bile duct
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
قَنَاة صَفْرَاء
(qanāt ṣafrāʔ)
— structure carrying bile
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Chinese Mandarin:
膽管 /胆管
(dǎnguǎn)
— structure carrying bile
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Czech:
žlučovod
— structure carrying bile
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Finnish:
sappitie
— structure carrying bile
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French:
voies biliaires
— structure carrying bile
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Galician:
ducto biliar
— structure carrying bile
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German:
Gallenweg
— structure carrying bile
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German:
Gallengang
— structure carrying bile
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Greek:
χολαγγείο
(cholangeío)
— structure carrying bile
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Hungarian:
epevezeték
— structure carrying bile
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Icelandic:
gallgöng
— structure carrying bile
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Indonesian:
saluran empedu
— structure carrying bile
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Indonesian:
duktus empedu
— structure carrying bile
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Irish:
ducht domlais
— structure carrying bile
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Italian:
coledoco
— structure carrying bile
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Japanese:
胆管
(tankan)
— structure carrying bile
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Māori:
pū waiate
— structure carrying bile
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gallegang
— structure carrying bile
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
gallegang
— structure carrying bile
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Polish:
drogi żółciowe
— structure carrying bile
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Portuguese:
ducto biliar
— structure carrying bile
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Romanian:
canal biliar
— structure carrying bile
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Russian:
же́лчный прото́к
(žélčnyj protók)
— structure carrying bile
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Spanish:
vía biliar
— structure carrying bile
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Spanish:
conducto biliar
— structure carrying bile
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Swedish:
gallgång
— structure carrying bile
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Telugu:
పిత్తనాళము
(pittanāḷamu)
— structure carrying bile