Medical Term:

cholangiocarcinoma

Pronunciation: kō-lan′jē-ō-kar′si-nō′mă

Definition: An adenocarcinoma, primarily in intrahepatic bile ducts, composed of ducts lined by cuboidal or columnar cells that do not contain bile, with abundant fibrous stroma; cirrhosis is usually absent.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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