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bile
[ bahyl ]
noun
- Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- ill temper; peevishness.
- Old Physiology. either of two humors associated with anger and gloominess.
bile
1/ ²ú²¹Éª±ô /
noun
- 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
- irritability or peevishness
- archaic.either of two bodily humours, one of which ( black bile ) was thought to cause melancholy and the other ( yellow bile ) anger
bile
2/ ²úəɪ±ô /
verb
- a Scot word for boil 1
bile
/ ²úÄ«±ô /
- 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.
- â—† Bile salts help in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats.
- â—† Bile pigments are waste products formed by the breakdown of hemoglobin from old red blood cells.
bile
- 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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Origin of bile1
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Example Sentences
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.
“While recovering from the transplant, he contracted a bile duct infection, which led to hemodialysis to filter out the toxins in his body.â€
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.
She had half her pancreas, bile duct and gall bladder removed, along with part of her gut and stomach.
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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