Word Frequency
bile1 (baɪl
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Definitions
noun
- 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
- irritability or peevishness
- (archaic) either of two bodily humours, one of which (black bile) was thought to cause melancholy and the other (yellow bile) anger
Word Origin
C17: from French, from Latin bīlis, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh bustl bileSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = bitterness, anger, hostility, resentment, animosity, venom, irritability, spleen, acrimony, pique, nastiness, rancour, virulence, asperity, ill humour, irascibility, peevishness, churlishness
Translations for 'bile'
Example Sentences Including 'bile'
' Working with local authorities, Animals Asia has also managed to have bear bile farming banned in Sichuan province in south-west China.The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)
A consensus conference in 1994 quoted many reports of increased bile duct injuries and only two RCTs.British Medical Journal (2002)
Along with death and taxes people who will vomit bile at art are unavoidable.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Genetic influences on a particular enzyme involved in the way bile is synthesised lead to a rise in the cholesterol levels in the bile.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
He swallowed, tasting once more the sharp, bitter flood of bile in the back of his throat.Midnight is a Lonely Place
Like father, like son, he heard himself mutter, tasting bile.The Touch of Innocents
The liver, it seemed, was not breaking up the heme to bile pigment.The Complete Stories Volume 2
Why, indeed, spoil such a joyful interlude with a damning dose of bile ?The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
bile duct, carries bile from the gall bladder to the duodenum.The Dictionary of Nutritional Health
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