bile

Definition of Bile in English :

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Noun

1. bile, gall

a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bile

see synonyms of bile

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

verb

a Scot word for boil1

Bile

see synonyms of bile

noun

1.

the bitter, alkaline, yellow-brown or greenish fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder: it is discharged into the duodenum and helps in digestion, esp. of fats

2.

a.

either of two bodily humors (black bile, or melancholy, and yellow bile, or choler) in ancient physiology

b.

bitterness; anger

Bile

see synonyms of bile

n.

1. A bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum and aids in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats. Also called gall¹.

2. Bitterness of temper; ill humor; irascibility.

3. Either of two bodily humors, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.

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