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bile
(bīl)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.
[French, from Latin bīlis.]
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bile
(baɪl)n
1. (Physiology) 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. (Psychology) archaic either of two bodily humours, one of which (black bile) was thought to cause melancholy and the other (yellow bile) anger
[C17: from French, from Latin bīlis, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh bustl bile]
bile
(bəɪl)vb
a Scot word for boil1
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bile
(baɪl)n.
1. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, esp. of fats.
2. ill temper; peevishness.
3. either of two humors of medieval physiology associated with anger and gloominess.
[1655–65; < French < Latin bīlis]
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bile
(bīl) A bitter, alkaline, greenish fluid produced by the liver and discharged into the small intestine, where it helps to digest fats and neutralize acids. A portion of the bile secreted by the liver is stored in the gallbladder.
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bile
Past participle: biled
Gerund: biling
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bile
A greenish-yellow fluid that emulsifies fats. It is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
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| Noun | 1. |  bile - a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fatsdigestive fluid, digestive juice - secretions that aid digestion |
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bile
noun bitterness, anger, hostility, resentment, animosity, venom, irritability, spleen, acrimony, pique, nastiness, rancour, virulence, asperity, ill humour, irascibility, peevishness, churlishness He aims his bile at religion, drugs and politics.
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Translations
رداءَةُ طَبْع، شَكاسَهمرّه، مَرار، صَفْراء
hněvrozmrzelostžluč
galdeharmevrede
sapekkuussappi
epésség
gallólund, skapvonska
tulžiestulžingastulžingumastulžis
dusmasīgnumsžults
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bile
n
(Med) → Galle f
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bile
(bail) noun1. a yellowish thick bitter fluid in the liver.
2. anger or irritability.
bilious (ˈbiljəs) adjective of, or affected by, too much bile. a bilious attack.
ˈbiliousness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bile
n. bilis, hiel, producto de la secreción del hígado;
___ acids and salts → ácidos y sales biliares;
___ ducts → conductos biliares;
___ pigments → pigmentos biliares.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bile
n bilis fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.