Meanings
plural common bile ducts · abbreviation CBD
- anatomyThe bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct, which discharges bile into the duodenum.
Synonyms: choledocho-, ductus choledochus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct, which discharges bile into the duodenum.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 膽總管 /胆总管
- 膽總管 /胆总管 (dǎnzǒngguǎn)bile duct downstream
Danish galdegang
- galdegangbile duct downstream
Dutch galgang
- galgangbile duct downstream
Finnish sapenjohdin, sappitiehyt
- sapenjohdinbile duct downstream
- sappitiehytbile duct downstream
French canal cholédoque
- canal cholédoquebile duct downstream
German Hauptgallengang
- Hauptgallengangbile duct downstream
Hungarian közös epevezeték
- közös epevezetékbile duct downstream
Icelandic gallrás
- gallrásbile duct downstream
Italian coledoco
- coledocobile duct downstream
Norwegian Bokmål gallekanalsystem, gallevei
- gallekanalsystembile duct downstream
- galleveibile duct downstream
Spanish conducto biliar común, colédoco
- conducto biliar comúnbile duct downstream
- colédocobile duct downstream
Swedish gallgång
- gallgångbile duct downstream
Cite this entry
common bile duct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20bile%20duct
“common bile duct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20bile%20duct. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common bile duct,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20bile%20duct.
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