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By that June, Daily Harvest had voluntarily recalled the crumbles after receiving 470 complaints of gastrointestinal, liver, bile duct and gallbladder illness.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Primary biliary cholangitis occurs when your immune system mistakenly damages the bile ducts of your liver, which are needed to transport digestive fluids to your bowels.
—Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 23 Sep. 2024
The risk of developing cancer is two to three times greater for millennials compared to baby boomers for small intestine cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, and liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer in females.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2024
Mortality rates increased with each successive birth cohort for liver and bile duct cancers in females, as well as cancers of the uterus, gallbladder, testicles, and colon, the study also found.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1774, in the meaning defined above
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“Bile duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bile%20duct. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
bile duct
noun
: a duct by which bile passes from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum
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