choledocho-, choledoch- +

(Greek: choledochos, from chole, "bile" + dechomai, "to receive"; the common bile duct or tube; conveying bile; containing bile, which is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and passes through the common bile duct into the first section of the small intestine or duodenum where it helps to digest fat)

choledocholithotomy
1. The surgical cutting into the common bile duct for the extraction of a gall stone.
2. A surgical procedure in which the common bile duct is examined and gall stones are removed.
choledocholithotripsy, choledocholithotrity
1. Crushing or fragmentation of a gallstone in the common bile duct by manipulation without opening of the duct.
2. The fragmentation of a gallstone in the common bile duct either with a transcutaneous (through the skin) sonic energy or an endoscopically directed laser.
choledochonephroscope
An endoscopic instrument which is used to visualize the interior of the kidney collecting system or the common bile duct.

The instrument can also be used for gallstone manipulation.

choledochoplasty
1. The surgical repair of the common bile duct.
2. The rearrangement of tissues of the common bile duct.
choledochorrhaphy
1. Suturing (sewing) together the divided or severed ends of the common bile duct.
2. Sewing tissue together in order to repair an incised, torn, or divided common bile duct.
choledochostomy
1. The surgical formation of a passage into the common bile duct through the abdominal wall.
2. Creating a fistula (opening) into the common duct in order to facilitate drainage and/or exploration of the duct.
choledochotomy, choledochendysis
1. Incision or a surgical cutting into the common bile duct.
2. An incision into the common bile duct, created either surgically or as a result of a trauma.
choledochous, choledochus (koh LED oh kuhs); ductus choledochus
Containing or conveying bile.
choledology
Learning about or studying the common bile duct.