any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant Compare gymnosperm
Primary biliary cholangitis. Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), also known as primary biliary cirrhosis, is an autoimmune disease of the liver.[1][2][3] It results from a slow, progressive destruction of the small bile ducts of the liver, causing bile and other toxins to build up in the liver, a condition called cholestasis.
Although the term biliary colic is used commonly, it is a misnomer because the pattern of pain is constant. The pain is caused by an obstruction to the flow of bile, with distension of the biliary lumen, and is clinically similar to when the obstruction occurs at the cystic duct or at another level of the common bile duct.