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)

choledochal
A reference to the common bile duct.
choledochectasia
Distention (expanding) of the common bile duct.
choledochectomy
Surgical removal of a part of the common bile duct.

The common bile duct is a tube for the passage of excretions or secretions that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum (first part of the small intestine).

The excision may be performed for neoplastic, traumatic, or inflammatory disease, and it is associated in most cases with a choledochoenterostomy.

choledochitis
Inflammation of the common bile duct.
choledochocholedochostomy (s) (noun), choledochocholedochostomies (pl)
A medical operation joining the divided parts or ends of the common bile duct: A choledochocholedochostomy is performed in order to restore the normal flow of bile, when the bile duct has been injured, damaged, or when a damaged part has been removed,
choledochoduodenostomy (s) (noun), choledochoduodenostomies (pl)
The surgical formation of a passage between the common bile duct and the duodenum (the first section of the small intestine, just below the stomach): A choledochoduodenostomy is normally performed to bypass an obstruction of the bile duct.
choledochoenterostomy (s) (noun), choledochoenterostomies (pl)
The surgical formation of a passage between the common bile duct and the small intestine: A choledochoenterostomy establishes a communication, other than the natural one, between the common bile duct and a part of the intestine.

This operation allows the bile to flow into the intestine when the usual passageway is damaged or blocked.

choledochogastrostomy (s) (noun), choledochogastrostomies (pl)
A surgical procedure to create an opening between the common bile duct and the stomach: A choledochogastrostomy may also result spontaneously from trauma, neoplasm (abnormal new mass of tissue), or an inflammatory disease, but such occurrences are rare.
choledochogram
A roentgenogram, or X-ray recording, obtained during a choledochography.
choledochography (s) (noun), choledochographies (pl)
A radiographic examination of the common bile duct after the administration of a radiopaque or not permitting the passage of x-rays of the substance or medium: The choledochography is useful in the diagnosis of tumors and in the diagnosis of a mass in the upper right quadrant of the stomach.
choledochohepatostomy (s) (noun), choledochohepatostomies (pl)
The surgical procedure which creates an opening between the common bile duct and the liver: A choledochohepatostomy connects the bile duct to some part of the hepatic duct to allow bile to flow freely, when the usual passageway is somehow blocked.
choledochoileostomy (s) (noun), choledochoileostomies (pl)
A surgical procedure to create an opening between the common bile duct and the distal part of the small bowel: Jack learned in medical school that a choledochoileostomy was a rare surgical operation that formed an artificial linkage between the choledochus and the ileum.
choledochojejunostomy (s) (noun), choledochojejunostomies (pl)
The anastomosis (connection of normally separate parts) between the common bile duct and the jejunum (part of the small intestine): A choledochojejunostomy allows the bile to circumvent a blockage and move freely into the small intestine.
choledocholith
A calculus, or stone, in the common bile duct.
choledocholithiasis
The presence of a gallstone in the common bile duct.