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bile (iou)



bile noun1. M16.
[French from Latin bilis.]
a. A bitter yellow, brown, or green fluid secreted by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and passed into the duodenum to assist in the digestion of fats; formerly regarded as one of the four humours of the body (cf. CHOLER). M16.
black bile = choler adust s.v. CHOLER.
b. Excess or derangement of the bile. E19.
fig. Anger, peevishness. M19.
Comb.: bile duct a duct conveying bile from the liver to the intestine; bile pigment any of a number of coloured compounds formed by the breakdown of haemoglobin and excreted in the bile.