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Bile : (noun)
1: a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the
gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats [syn: gall]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bile : \Bile\, n. [L. bilis: cf. F. bile.]
1. (Physiol.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually
alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes
into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive
process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile
salts, and coloring matters.
2. Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to
stir one's bile. --Prescott.
Note: The ancients considered the bile to be the ``humor''
which caused irascibility.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bile : \Bile\, n. [OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b?le, b?l; skin to D.
buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf. Boil a
tumor, Bulge.]
A boil. [Obs. or Archaic]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bile : Bile: Bile is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder and passes through the common bile duct into the duodenum where it helps digest fat. The principal
components of bile are cholesterol, bile salts, and the pigment bilirubin.
An imbalance between these components of bile -- cholesterol, bile salts, and bilirubin -- leads to the formation of { Pigment gallstones are frequently associated with chronic infection
in the bile, especially in certain Asian countries where parasitic infection of the bile ducts is common. Patients with blood diseases that cause excessive breakdown of red blood cells can have
increased amounts of bilirubin (breakdown product of red cells) in the bile, thus causing bilirubin gallstone formation.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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