white bile

white bile

bile without the usual color resulting from bile pigments. The term is commonly used to designate the relatively clear, almost colorless viscid fluid that occurs in the gallbladder, bile ducts, or both as a result of obstruction of the bile ducts in various sites.

Synonym(s): leukobilin

white bile

see white bile.

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white bile bile syndrome

fluid and mucus, lacking bile pigments, found in the gallbladder of cats with cholangiohepatitis and severe intrahepatic bile sludging.