About The Word Bile
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Bile
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What's The Definition Of Bile?
[n] a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bile: gall Related Terms | Find terms related to Bile: absorption | acerbity | acid | acidity | acidulousness | acrimony | anger | animosity | asperity | assimilation | autacoid | bad humor | bad temper | biliousness | bitter resentment | bitterness | bitterness of spirit | causticity | chalone | choler | corrosiveness | digestion | digestive secretion | digestive system | discontent | endocrine | gall | gastric juice | gastrointestinal tract | gnashing of teeth | hard feelings | heartburning | hormone | ill humor | ill nature | ill temper | ingestion | intestinal juice | liver | mucus | pancreas | pancreatic digestion | pancreatic juice | predigestion | prostatic fluid | rancor | rankling | rheum | saliva | salivary digestion | salivary glands | salivary secretion | secondary digestion | semen | slow burn | soreness | sourness | sperm | spleen | tears | thyroxin | virulence See Also | digestive fluid | digestive juice Bile In Webster's Dictionary \Bile\, n. [L. bilis: cf. F. bile.]
1. (Physiol.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually
alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes
into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive
process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile
salts, and coloring matters.
2. Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to
stir one's bile. --Prescott.
Note: The ancients considered the bile to be the ``humor''
which caused irascibility.
\Bile\, n. [OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b?le, b?l; skin to D. buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf. {Boil} a tumor, {Bulge}.] A boil. [Obs. or Archaic] |
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