common bile duct

1. 1.

   a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum

   Synonymsbile duct

   Broaderduct

   Part ofliver

   Partsmusculus sphincter ductus choledochi

Questions about common bile duct

What does common bile duct mean?

common bile duct means "a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum".

What is another word for common bile duct?

Close synonyms include bile duct. 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 common bile duct a common word?

common bile duct 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.