biliary
adjective
bil·i·ary
ˈbi-lē-ˌer-ē 
-e-rē
: of, relating to, or conveying bile
also
: affecting the bile-conveying structures
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However, problems with your liver or biliary system can affect your poop color, leading to pale or clay-colored poop (medically known as acholic stool).345
What Does Pale Poop Look and Feel Like?
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Joy Emeh, Health, 2 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 Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new treatment for primary biliary cholangitis, an autoimmune liver disease mainly affecting women that causes decreased liver function, debilitating itching, and fatigue.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 14 Aug. 2024
In the new study, breast, gallbladder and other biliary cancers, and uterine cancer rates increased across almost all age groups, rising faster among younger generations.
—Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Primary sclerosing, or primary biliary cholangitis, is a disease affecting the bile ducts (which secrete digestive from the liver).
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
Wife Lois Evans passed away from biliary cancer Tony Evans' first wife, Lois Evans, died on Dec. 30, 2019, at the age of 70 after battling bile duct cancer, according to the Baptist Press.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
In 2015, the name of another liver condition, primary biliary cirrhosis, was changed to primary biliary cholangitis.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
There wasn’t an increase in risk for biliary disease, which includes conditions that affect the gallbladder, the liver and the bile ducts, as its incidence was similar for both types of drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
Joy Emeh, Health, 2 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 Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new treatment for primary biliary cholangitis, an autoimmune liver disease mainly affecting women that causes decreased liver function, debilitating itching, and fatigue.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 14 Aug. 2024
In the new study, breast, gallbladder and other biliary cancers, and uterine cancer rates increased across almost all age groups, rising faster among younger generations.
—Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Primary sclerosing, or primary biliary cholangitis, is a disease affecting the bile ducts (which secrete digestive from the liver).
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
Wife Lois Evans passed away from biliary cancer Tony Evans' first wife, Lois Evans, died on Dec. 30, 2019, at the age of 70 after battling bile duct cancer, according to the Baptist Press.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
In 2015, the name of another liver condition, primary biliary cirrhosis, was changed to primary biliary cholangitis.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
There wasn’t an increase in risk for biliary disease, which includes conditions that affect the gallbladder, the liver and the bile ducts, as its incidence was similar for both types of drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
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biliary
adjective
bil·i·ary
ˈbil-ē-ˌer-ē
: of, relating to, or conveying bile
Medical Definition
biliary
adjective
bil·i·ary
ˈbil-ē-ˌer-ē
1
: of, relating to, or conveying bile
biliary stasis
2
: affecting the bile-conveying structures
biliary disorders
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