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bile ducts

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  1. The passages in the liver and gallbladder that move bile into the duodenum.


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Some cases involved vanishing bile duct syndrome, a liver condition characterized by the progressive destruction of bile ducts in the liver, the agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“His cancer was just continuing to grow, and his bile ducts were getting compromised because the cancer was pushing on them even more. He was really getting so very sick. It was horrible.”

From Salon • May 3, 2024

Animals infected with many liver flukes can suffer liver damage as the parasite moves around the host's liver and bile ducts.

From Science Daily • Sep. 17, 2023

She underwent scores of tests; ultrasounds showed a normal gallbladder and bile ducts, according to medical records reviewed by The Seattle Times.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2022

The bile ducts were thick, calcified and choked with literally thousands of the gray-green leaf-shaped trematodes.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)

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