in Anatomy, a term applied to a canal, or duct, called also ductus communis; formed of the union of the porus biliarius and ductus cysticus. The word comes from ἡγεῖν eboler; and ἀποκαλεῖν, 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 Anatomy Index.

CHOLER. See BILE.