HEPATIC DUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatic duct mean? 

• HEPATIC DUCT (noun)
  The noun HEPATIC DUCT has 1 sense:

1. the duct that drains bile from the liver

  Familiarity information: HEPATIC DUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATIC DUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The duct that drains bile from the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("hepatic duct" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("hepatic duct" is a part of...):

liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)

 Context examples 

Cystic dilatation of the hepatic duct or bile duct.

(Choledochal Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

The segment of the left hepatic duct located in the hilum of the liver.

(Hilar Portion of the Left Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

The segment of either hepatic duct located in the hilum of the liver.

(Hilar Portion of the Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

A cholangiocarcinoma that arises from the junction, or adjacent to the junction, of the right and left hepatic ducts.

(Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The segment of the right hepatic duct located in the hilum of the liver.

(Hilar Portion of the Right Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

The section of the left hepatic duct located in the liver.

(Intrahepatic Portion of the Left Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the intrahepatic bile ducts, the hepatic ducts, or the extrahepatic bile ducts.

(Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The duct that drains bile from the left lobe of the liver into the common hepatic duct.

(Left Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

The section of the right hepatic duct located in the liver.

(Intrahepatic Portion of the Right Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the three ducts associated with the liver including the right hepatic duct, left hepatic duct and common hepatic duct.

(Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)