Biliary (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The doctor suspected a biliary obstruction after examining the patient's abdominal scans.
- The surgery focused on removing a tumor from the biliary tree that connected the liver and gallbladder.
- Researchers investigated the genetic link to biliary atresia in newborn babies.
- She underwent an endoscopy to determine if the cause of her jaundice was biliary in origin.
- Her chronic abdominal pain turned out to be related to a biliary disease she never knew she had.
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Meaning 2
Relating to or containing bile.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).