bile
pronunciation
How to pronounce bile in British English:
UK [baɪl]
How to pronounce bile in American English:
US [baɪl]
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- Noun:
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
Word Origin
- bile (n.)
- 1660s, from French bile (17c.) "bile," also, informally, "anger," from Latin bilis "fluid secreted by the liver," also one of the four humors (also known as choler), thus "anger, peevishness" (especially as black bile, 1797).
Example
- 1. These were attributed to " humours " or blockages of bile .
- 2. They are mixed with animal glue and ox bile to make the lustre stay .
- 3. It has no effect from amniotic fluid , but it 's from bile in the duodenum .
- 4. Bears continued to be farmed for their bile , and two rhino species were wiped out .
- 5. The company , based in the city of quanzhou in fujian province , says on its website that it can harvest the bile without causing the bears discomfort .