biliary

1. 1.

   relating to or containing bile

   Synonymsbilious
2. 2.

   relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder

Questions about biliary

What does biliary mean?

biliary means "relating to or containing bile". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in biliary?

biliary has 4 syllables: bi-li-a-ry. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for biliary?

Close synonyms include bilious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biliary a common word?

biliary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.