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bile Definition

bile (bīl)

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
    1. either of two bodily humors (black bile, or melancholy, and yellow bile, or choler) in ancient physiology
    2. bitterness; anger

Etymology: Fr < L bilis

bile Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • liver: Occasionally they will obstruct the flow of bile from the liver.

Converse of object

  • vomit: And if you give medicine which draws bile, you will have him vomit bile.
  • secrete: Cholagogue, which means it increases the amount of bile secreted by the liver.
  • drain: You may need to have a catheter that drains bile into a bag outside your body.
  • produce: My liver is not producing enough bile to digest these foods properly.
  • draw: And if you give medicine which draws bile, you will have him vomit bile.
  • contain: Would it not be absurd for any one to choose voluntarily those articles which contain more bile, rather than those containing less?

Adjective modifier

  • yellow: Yellow bile Yellow bile influenced a person's temperament.
  • black: No; the black bile is such a humor.
  • much: There is a feedback loop which tells the body how much bile to release into the system.
  • more: Has he had his hair permed or is the claim just more bile?
  • green: A clean question would be: " Is there anything else about green bile?

Modifies a noun

  • duct: The stent clears a passage through the bile duct to allow the bile to drain away.
  • sequestrant: LESCOL is efficacious in monotherapy or in combination with bile acid sequestrants.
  • secretion: They differ incredibly to man in their bile secretion, which is linked closely to control of toxins.
  • acid: A serum bile acid test is not widely available.
  • salt: Hi, The main cause for this itching is due an increase in bile salt levels.
  • pigment: Most stones are made of cholesterol, the rest being composed of chalk or bile pigment.

Noun used with modifier

  • bear: Moon Bears - Jean has been campaigning against the horrific practice of bear bile farming for some time now.
  • serum: A serum bile acid test is not widely available.
bile Quotes

His coomb was redder than the fyn coral, And batailled as it were a castle wal; His byle was blak, and as the jeet it shoon; Lyk asure were his legges and his toon; His nayles whitter than the lylye flour, And lyk the burned gold was his colour.

—Chaucer, Geoffrey

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