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bile

[ bahyl ]

noun

  1. Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
  2. ill temper; peevishness.
  3. Old Physiology. either of two humors associated with anger and gloominess.


bile

1

/ ²ú²¹Éª±ô /

noun

  1. a bitter greenish to golden brown alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. It is discharged during digestion into the duodenum, where it aids the emulsification and absorption of fats
  2. irritability or peevishness
  3. archaic.
    either of two bodily humours, one of which ( black bile ) was thought to cause melancholy and the other ( yellow bile ) anger
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bile

2

/ ²úəɪ±ô /

verb

  1. a Scot word for boil 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bile

/ ²úÄ«±ô /

  1. A bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, concentrated and stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum of the small intestine. It helps in the digestion of fats and the neutralization of acids, such as the hydrochloric acid secreted by the stomach. Bile consists of salts, acids, cholesterol, lipids, pigments, and water.
  2. â—† Bile salts help in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats.
  3. â—† Bile pigments are waste products formed by the breakdown of hemoglobin from old red blood cells.

bile

  1. A bitter fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder . Bile is discharged into the small intestine when needed to aid in the digestion of fats ( see digestive system ).
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Notes

Bile is sometimes used figuratively to denote bitterness in general: “His writing was full of bile.â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bile1

First recorded in 1655–65; from French, from Latin ²úÄ«±ôis; of disputed origin; compare Breton bestl, Medieval Cornish bystel, Welsh bustl
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bile1

C17: from French, from Latin ²úÄ«±ôis , probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh bustl bile
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Now he's so filled with resentment and bile about people seeing through his lies and attempting to hold him accountable that he's lost the thread.

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“While recovering from the transplant, he contracted a bile duct infection, which led to hemodialysis to filter out the toxins in his body.â€

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So much bile against our second-largest trading partner and the ancestral country of millions of American citizens — and yet the crowd cheered him on.

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She had half her pancreas, bile duct and gall bladder removed, along with part of her gut and stomach.

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The study says calcium may protect against bowel cancer "because it is able to bind to bile acids and free fatty acids in the colon, lowering their potentially carcinogenic effects".

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