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Extrahepatic bile duct
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The part of the common hepatic bile duct (tube that collects bile from the liver) that is outside the liver. This duct joins a duct from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct, which carries bile into the small intestine when food is being digested. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The portion of the biliary tract outside the liver; the common hepatic duct joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct. (NCI Thesaurus)
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