bile
IPA: bˈaɪɫ
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.
- Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
- Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
- (obsolete) A boil (kind of swelling).
verb
- Pronunciation spelling of boil. [(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.]
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Examples of "bile" in Sentences
- Bilogy is the study of bile and vomit.
- The liver is the sole site of bile salts formation.
- Secretin stimulates the secretion of bile from the liver.
- Elimination is by excretion in the bile and then, faeces.
- Abdominal reexploration and drainage of bile is curative.
- Bile is secreted by the liver to aid in the digestion of fats.
- Bile is secreted from the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
- Bile is produced by the liver and then stored in the gallbladder.
- It is excreted by the liver via the bile into the digestive tract.
- Praziquantel is absorbed, metabolized in the liver and excreted in the bile.
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