in anatomy, a term applied to a canal, or duct, called also ductus communis; formed of the union of the porus bilarius and ductus cysticus. The word comes from χόλη, cholera; and σύχνα, I receive, or contain.

The choledochus ductus, passing obliquely to the lower-end of the duodenum, serves to convey the bile from the liver to the intestines. See ANAT. n° 97.

CHOLER. See BILE.