Definition of bile Bile
/bajˈl/ - [bayl] - bile
We found 13 definitions of bile from 7 different sources.
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What does bile mean?
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NounPlural: biles |
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| bile - a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats | ||
| gall | ||
| digestive fluid, digestive juice secretions that aid digestion | ||
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- bile (Noun)
A bitter brownish- yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder , and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. - bile (Noun)
bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility. - bile (Noun)
Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile , in ancient and medieval physiology. - bile (Noun)
A boil kind of swelling.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bile (n.)
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. - bile (n.)
Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile. - bile (n.)
A boil.
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bile
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bile
bīl, n. a thick bitter fluid secreted by the liver—yellow in man and carnivorous animals, green in vegetable feeders: (fig.) ill-humour.—n. Bile′-duct, the duct which conveys the bile from the liver and the gall-bladder to the small intestine.—adjs. Bil′iary, belonging to or conveying bile; Bil′ious, pertaining to or affected by bile.—adv. Bil′iously. [Fr.—L. bilis.]
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Bile or gall is a green-yellow fluid. It is secreted from the liver of most vertebrate animals, and is often stored in the gall bladder. Bile helps digest fat.
The name 'gall' comes of the Greek word "cholè" = green, yellow.
The term cholesterol and the illness cholera were named after gall.
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🔤- bile, noun, singular of biles.
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