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BILE
bile, gall
(noun) a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
bile (usually uncountable, plural biles)
(biochemistry) 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.
Synonyms
• gall
Etymology 2
Noun
bile (plural biles)
(obsolete) A boil (kind of swelling).
Verb
bile (third-person singular simple present biles, present participle biling, simple past and past participle biled)
Pronunciation spelling of boil.
Anagrams
• -ible, Lieb
Source: Wiktionary
Bile, n. Etym: [L. bilis: cf. F. bile.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: 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.
2. Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile. Prescott.
Note: The ancients considered the bile to be the "humor" which caused irascibility.
Bile, n. Etym: [OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b, b; skin to D. buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf. Boil a tumor, Bulge.]
Definition: A boil. [Obs. or Archaic]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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