biliary

American  

[bil-ee-er-ee, bil-yuh-ree] / ˈbɪl iˌɛr i, ˈbɪl jə ri /

adjective

1. Physiology.

   1. of bile.

   2. conveying bile.

      a biliary duct.

2. Archaic. bilious.

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biliary British  

/ ˈbɪlɪərɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to bile, to the ducts that convey bile, or to the gall bladder

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Etymology

Origin of biliary

1725–35; perhaps < French biliaire; see bile, -aire, -ary

Example Sentences

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biliary

Ipsen said its Bylvay drug didn’t meet the main objective in a late-stage clinical trial that tested the medicine in biliary atresia, a rare and serious liver disease that affects babies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The biotechnology company was testing a combination of its lead asset, tovecimig, and paclitaxel in patients with biliary tract cancer.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Mrs K, a patient at Wrexham Maelor hospital, died on 31 January 2022 from biliary sepsis, a serious infection of the bile ducts.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024

Notably, these include cancers that are linked to obesity including "colorectum, uterine corpus, gallbladder and other biliary, kidney and renal pelvis, and pancreas" cancers.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024

This doctrine, to-day a commonplace of biology, was, thirty years ago, rank heresy, since it seemed to reduce the soul of man to the level of his biliary duct.

From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Edward Clodd