Bile Definition

bīl
noun
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.
Webster's New World
Bitterness of temper; ill humor; irascibility.
American Heritage
Either of two bodily humors (black bile, or melancholy, and yellow bile, or choler) in ancient physiology.
Webster's New World
Either of two bodily humors, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
American Heritage
Bitterness; anger.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • gall
  • thyroxin

Other Word Forms of Bile

Noun

Singular:
bile
Plural:
biles

Origin of Bile

  • Mid 16th century, via French, from Latin bīlis (“bile”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Latin bīlis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bile Sentence Examples

  • John Luke Grasso, his name was so much bile on my tongue I gagged to keep it down.

  • The Gall-bladder may be ruptured by external violence, and if bile escapes from the rent in considerable quantities peritonitis will be set up, whether the bile contains septic germs or not.

  • According to this celebrated theory, the body contains four humours - blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile, a right proportion and mixture of which constitute health; improper proportions or irregular distribution, disease.

  • Inasmuch as the stone is blocking the duct, the bile is unable to flow into the intestine; so, being absorbed by the blood-vessels, it gives rise to jaundice.

  • They do this in part by stimulating the liver to produce bile.

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Words Starting With

BBIBIL

Words Ending With

ELEILE

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bile

Words Starting With B and Ending With E

Starts With B & Ends With EStarts With BI & Ends With EStarts With B & Ends With LE

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With B4 Letter Words Ending With E