A ductule occurring between a bile canaliculus and an interlobular bile duct. SYN: canal of Hering. [chol- + G. angeion, vessel, + -ole, small]
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chol·an·gi·ole kə-'lan-jē-.ōl, kō- n a bile canaliculus
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cho·lan·gi·ole (ko-lanґje-ōl) [cholangio- + -ole diminutive suffix] one of the fine terminal elements of the bile duct system, leaving the portal canal, and pursuing a course at the periphery of a lobule of the liver; called also bile or biliary ductule. cholangiolar adjMedical dictionary. 2011.