| biliary tract |
The system that stores bile and releases it into the first part of the small intestine for digestion. The biliary tract includes the gallbladder and bile ducts. Also called the biliary system and biliary tree.
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| bilharziasis |
Disease caused by the parasite Schistosoma spp. Also called schistosomiasis.
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| bilious colic |
Colic from excess of bile. [Hooper1829] Colic dependent on some morbid condition of the liver or the passage of a gallstone. [Appleton1904] Colic, occasioned with an accumulation of bile in the intestines or in its own passages. [Dunglison1874]
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| bilirubin |
a part of the red blood cell that is left after the red blood cell dies; too much bilirubin can cause jaundice
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| bile acids |
components of bile, formed by the metabolism of cholesterol. Bile acid deficiency may lead to the formation of cholesterol gallstones, because bile salts (formed from bile acids) are required to dissolve cholesterol in bile so that it may be eliminated via the intestines.
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