biliary, a.
(ˈbɪlɪərɪ)
[ad. F. biliaire; cf. mod.L. bīliāris, and see -ary2.]
1. Of or pertaining to the bile.
| 1731 Arbuthnot Aliments i. §4 Voracious Animals..have the Biliary Duct inserted into the Pylorus. 1827 Carlyle Misc. (1857) 51 Derangement in the biliary organs. |
2. = bilious 2.
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1871) III. vi. vi. 234 The biliary face seems clouded with new gloom. 1860 ― Remin i. 97 Not sanguine and diffusive he, but biliary and intense. |