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bile

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bile  (bl)
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 blis.]

bile
Noun
1. a greenish fluid secreted by the liver to aid digestion of fats
2. irritability or peevishness [Latin bilis]

bile  (bl)
A bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, concentrated and stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum of the small intestine. It helps in the digestion of fats and the neutralization of acids, such as the hydrochloric acid secreted by the stomach. Bile consists of salts, acids, cholesterol, lipids, pigments, and water. Bile salts help in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats. Bile pigments are waste products formed by the breakdown of hemoglobin from old red blood cells.
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Noun1.bilebile - a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
digestive fluid, digestive juice - secretions that aid digestion

bile
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bile [baɪl] nbilis f

bile [baɪl] nbile f

bile [baɪl] nGalle(nflüssigkeit) f (fig) (invective) → Beschimpfungen pl

bile [baɪl] nbile f

bile
n bile [bail]
1 a yellowish thick bitter fluid in the liver. gal مرّه، مَرار، صَفْراء жлъчка žluč galde die Galle χολή (η πεπτική ουσία που εκκρίνεται από το συκώτι) bilis, hiel sapp زرداب sappi bile מִיץ מָרָה पित्त žuč epe air empedu gall bile 胆汁 담즙 tulžis žults hempedu gal galle żółć bílis bilă жёлчь žlč žolč žuč galla น้ำดี safra, öd 膽汁 жовч صفراء mật
2 anger or irritability. knorrigheid رداءَةُ طَبْع، شَكاسَه злоба hněv, rozmrzelost vrede; harme die Reizbarkeit εριστικότητα, θυμός, κακία mal genio sapisus بد خلقی ärtyisyys mauvaise humeur מְרִירוּת चिड़चिड़ापन žučljivost epésség marah ólund, skapvonska collera 不きげん 분노 tulžingumas īgnums; dusmas kemarahan korzeligheid sinne; dårlig humør złość irritabilidade irascibilitate раздражительность rozhorčenosť razjarjenost gorčina ilska ความโกรธ öfke, huysuzluk, terslik 暴躁 роздратованість, жовчність بد مزاجی ، چڑچڑا پن tính cáu gắt
adj bilious [ˈbiljəs]
of, or affected by, too much bile a bilious attack. galagtige صفراوي، صَفْراوي، خاصٌّ بالصّفراء жлъчен žluč(ník)ový galde- verstimmt πικρόχολος, φαρμακερός bilioso; biliar sapine, sapi- صفراوی؛ وابسته به زرداب sapekas bilieux מָרִיר पित्तदोषग्रस्त žučni napadaj epe- penuh kemarahan önugur, ergilegur biliare 胆汁症の 화를 잘 내는 tulžies, tulžingas žultains; žults- penyakit hempedu gal- galle- zjadliwy bilioso biliar жёлчный; раздражительный žlčový žolčni žučni gallsjuk, gallsprängd, vresig ซึ่งโกรธ huysuz, ters, aksi 膽汁過多的 жовчний; злий صفراوی (thuộc) mật; dễ cáu
n biliousness
galagtigheid الصَّفْراء заядливост, злъчност potíže se žlučníkem; mrzoutství galdesyge; modbydelighed schlechte Laune die δηκτικότητα mal genio; trastornos biliares sapisus صفرا؛ تندخویی sapekkuus état/tempérament bilieux מְרִירוּת चिड़चिड़ापन žučljivost ingerlékenység pemberang skapvonska temperamento bilioso 気むずかしさ 화를 잘 냄 tulžingumas žultainums penuh hempedu galachtigheid, korzeligheid gallesjukdom; motbydelighet zjadliwość irritabilidade temperament coleric жёлчность; раздражительность žlčovitosť žolčnost žučnost gallsjukdom, argsinthet ความโกรธ huysuzluk, terslik 多膽汁 жовчність صفراوی طور پر sự nhiều mật; tính hay gắt


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Sick are they always; they vomit their bile and call it a newspaper.
According to medieval physiology there were four chief liquids in the human body, namely blood, phlegm, bile, and black bile, and an excess of any of them produced an undue predominance of the corresponding quality; thus, an excess of phlegm made a person phlegmatic, or dull; or an excess of black bile, melancholy.
Though I have said that I envy the normal man to the last drop of my bile, yet I should not care to be in his place such as he is now (though I shall not cease envying him).
 
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