Look up: bile

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   Bile
   Bile is a secretion of the liver stored in the gall bladder.
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   bile
   (Humans as organisms) a substance produced in the liver which emulsifies fats to prepare them for digestion
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   bile
   [n] - a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder
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   Bile
   A liquid produced in the liver that helps digest food, in particular fats.
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   Bile
   Fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. It helps the body to digest fat.
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   Bile
   a yellow-green liquid produced in the liver whose function is to remove waste from the liver and break down fats as food is digested
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   Bile
   Bile is the fluid produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. It helps digest food.
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   bile
   A fluid produced in the liver and passed into the gut via the bile ducts. Bile contains: Bile Salts - natural detergents which (a) help fat digestion, (b) make cholesterol soluble in bile. -Bilirubin - a waste pigment, excreted in bile which makes the stools brown.
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   Bile
   An alkaline fluid which is secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder.
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    Bile
    Bile: Bile is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder and passes through the common bile duct into the duodenum where it helps digest fat. The principal components of bile are cholesterol, bile salts, and the pigment bilirubin. An imbalance between these components of bile -- cholesterol, bile salts, and bilirubin ...
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    bile
    fluid secreted by the liver Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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    Bile
    Bile noun [ Latin bilis : confer French bile .] 1. (Physiol.) 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 ...
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    Bile
    Bile noun [ Middle English byle , bule , bele , Anglo-Saxon b...le , b...l ; skin to Dutch buil , German beule , and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Confer Boil a tumor, Bulge .] A boil. [ Obsolete or Archaic]
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    bile
    <gastroenterology> A greenish-yellow fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. ... Bile plays an important role in the intestinal absorption of fats. Bile is secreted by the liver and contains cholesterol, bile salts and waste products such as bilirubin. Bile salts aid in the digestion of fats. Bile passes out of the liver via ...
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    bile
    gall noun a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
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    Bile
    `Bile` (or `gall`) is a bitter, yellow or green alkaline fluid secreted by hepatocytes from the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, it is stored in the gallbladder between meals and upon eating is discharged into the `duodenum` where it excretes waste and aids the process of digestion of lipids.
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    bile
    (bīl) a clear yellow or orange fluid produced by the liver; it is concentrated and stored in the gallbladder and is poured into the small intestine through the bile ducts when needed for digestion. Bile helps in alkalinizing the intestinal contents and plays a role in the emulsification, absorption, and digestion of fat;...
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    Bile
    • (n.) A boil. • (n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one`s bile. • (n.) 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...
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    bile
    greenish yellow secretion that is produced in the liver and passed to the gallbladder for concentration, storage, or transport into the first region ... [7 related articles]
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    bile
    The yellowish brown or green fluid secreted by the liver and discharged into the duodenum where it aids in the emulsification of fats, increases peristalsis, and retards putrefaction; contains sodium glycocholate and sodium taurocholate, cholesterol, biliverdin and bilirubin, mucus, fat, lecithin, and cells and cellular debris. Syn: gall 1 [L. bil...
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    bile
    A yellowish-green fluid produced by liver cells and stored in the gall bladder. It is released into the duodenum after a meal. The main components of bile are water, bile salts, bile pigments, and cholesterol. Bile salts act as emulsifying agents in the digestion and absorption of fats. Cholesterol ...
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    bile
    bile, bitter alkaline fluid of a yellow, brown, or green color, secreted, in man, by the liver. Bile, or gall, is composed of water, bile acids and their salts, bile pigments, cholesterol, fatty acids, and inorganic salts. In man it is stored in the gall bladder and, in response to the action of the...
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