bile

  • 121bile soap — noun A mixture of bile from slaughtered animals and soap; once used to remove heavy stains from textiles …

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  • 122bile duct — noun Any of a number of long tube like structures that carry bile …

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  • 123bile pigment — noun Any of several coloured compounds derived from porphyrin that are found in bile; principally bilirubin and biliverdin …

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  • 124bile duct adenoma — a small firm white nodule with multiple bile ducts embedded in a fibrous stroma …

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  • 125bile canaliculi — biliary canaliculi fine tubular canals running between liver cells throughout the parenchyma, usually occurring singly between each adjacent pair of cells, and forming a three dimensional network of polyhedral meshes, with a single cell in each… …

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  • 126bile capillaries — 1. bile canaliculi. 2. a term sometimes used to designate the cholangioles …

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  • 127bile acid diarrhea — diarrhea caused by malabsorption of bile acids in the colon, most often because of disease or resection of the ileum …

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  • 128bile duct hamartoma — biliary hamartoma a generally benign hepatic lesion resulting from an embryonic ductal plate defect, consisting of well defined nodules containing bile ducts surrounded by a fibrous stroma; malignant transformation rarely occurs …

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