Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bile_duct

1 sense of bile duct

Sense 1
common bile duct, bile duct -- (a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum)
       => duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")