biliary
adjective
bil·i·ary
ˈbi-lē-ˌer-ē 
-e-rē
: of, relating to, or conveying bile
also
: affecting the bile-conveying structures
Examples of biliary in a Sentence
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In 2015, the name of another liver condition, primary biliary cirrhosis, was changed to primary biliary cholangitis.
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Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
There wasn’t an increase in risk for biliary disease, which includes conditions that affect the gallbladder, the liver and the bile ducts, as its incidence was similar for both types of drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
Following the results of the TOPAZ-1 study, the FDA approved the addition of durvalumab to chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer.
—Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 20 Apr. 2023
As long as the acute infection is targeted quickly before the parasite starts feeling at home in the biliary ducts and causing cellular pathology, chronic infection and its grisly side effects can be averted.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2011
Symptoms depend on what region of the body is infected: in the liver, jaundice, abdominal pain and biliary duct obstruction can occur; in the lungs, coughing and chest pain.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2012
Both showed higher-than-normal rates of certain cancers, including biliary tract cancers.
—NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021
At the very end of 2019, her beloved mother, Lois Evans, passed after a battle with biliary cancer.
—Essence, 5 Nov. 2021
Duodenoscopes are used as a less invasive method than surgery to drain fluids from pancreatic and biliary ducts blocked by cancerous tumors, gallstones, or other gastrointestinal conditions.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2019
Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
There wasn’t an increase in risk for biliary disease, which includes conditions that affect the gallbladder, the liver and the bile ducts, as its incidence was similar for both types of drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
Following the results of the TOPAZ-1 study, the FDA approved the addition of durvalumab to chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer.
—Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 20 Apr. 2023
As long as the acute infection is targeted quickly before the parasite starts feeling at home in the biliary ducts and causing cellular pathology, chronic infection and its grisly side effects can be averted.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2011
Symptoms depend on what region of the body is infected: in the liver, jaundice, abdominal pain and biliary duct obstruction can occur; in the lungs, coughing and chest pain.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2012
Both showed higher-than-normal rates of certain cancers, including biliary tract cancers.
—NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021
At the very end of 2019, her beloved mother, Lois Evans, passed after a battle with biliary cancer.
—Essence, 5 Nov. 2021
Duodenoscopes are used as a less invasive method than surgery to drain fluids from pancreatic and biliary ducts blocked by cancerous tumors, gallstones, or other gastrointestinal conditions.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2019
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biliary
adjective
bil·i·ary
ˈbil-ē-ˌer-ē
: of, relating to, or conveying bile
Medical Definition
biliary
adjective
bil·i·ary
ˈbil-ē-ˌer-ē
1
: of, relating to, or conveying bile
biliary stasis
2
: affecting the bile-conveying structures
biliary disorders
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