bile

Speech parts

1. bile - Noun

2. bile - Verb

Meaning

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.

Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile.

A boil.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gall venom malice pique rheum spite anger poison sperm hate hostility hatred resentment digestion discontent
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Antonyms

amity age agreement pleasure charity diplomacy
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Hypernyms

digestive fluid digestive juice

Phrases with the word

bile salts bile conduit bile passage bile pathway bile pipeline bile canaliculi

Anagrams

beli Biel Lieb libe

Examples

A dark clot forms at the bottom (the "black bile"). Source: Internet

Bloch also discovered that bile and a female sex hormone were made from cholesterol, which led to the discovery that all steroids were made from cholesterol. Source: Internet

Ambergris bile duct secretion of the intestines of the sperm whale and can be found floating upon the sea, or lying on the coast. Source: Internet

Dietary increases in total fat or saturated fat result in elevated DCA and LCA in feces and elevated exposure of the colon epithelium to these bile acids. Source: Internet

Anatomical imaging of the bile ducts is achieved by using a heavily T2-weighted sequence in magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). Source: Internet

Cholera was not known in the Americas for most of the 20th century, but it reappeared towards the end of that century. citation History seeAlso The word cholera is from Greek χολέρα main kholera from χολή kholē "bile". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bilding bildstein bildungsroman bile acid bile acid salt bile acid sequestrants