bile
35
6.7
- noun
- /baɪl/
- Specialized
:
bilis
- The liver produces bile, which helps to digest the fats in our food.
- bile duct
- common bile duct
- bile duct cancer
And like the bile you could be smelling, stomach bile is what you're smelling.
- And like the bile you could be smelling, stomach bile is what you're smelling.
- It actually actively reabsorbs the bile, the cholesterol in the bile back into the circulation to be reused again and again and again.
- But cholesterol is actually used to create bile acids, which is how we digest and assimilate fats through the digestive tract.
- Again, that liver, you know, bile kind of thing, right, Udati?
- But if we're talking here about blood lipids, it helps to clear bile right from the body.
- Virtually all of that is the cholesterol we produce that gets taken back to the liver, that the liver packages in bile and secrets.
Examples
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A hard ball of rage was forming in her stomach and spilling bile into her mouth.
Fiction book (1993) -
The liver provides bile to break down fats that we consume in food.
Academic text (2012) -
Still, for a moment, he felt a little sick, and bile rose in his mouth.
Fiction book (1990) -
Henry, have you always been like this, so full of bile?
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But if we're talking here about blood lipids, it helps to clear bile right from the body.
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The doctor says you have too much bile in your gallbladder.
Fiction book (1997) -
How do you make pig lips and cow tongue and bile taste so good?
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It's going to show you bile production, stomach acid production, immunoglobulin levels.
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My empty stomach could produce only a little bile, which left me more nauseated than ever.
Fiction book (1990) -
One of them turned, stumbled to the rail, and vomited bile into the sea.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
4
8.4
A bitter yellow liquid the liver makes to help break down fats
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.8
A tube that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine
- Specialized
2
3.7
A tube that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine
- Specialized
1
4.8
A substance in bile that helps break down fats so the body can digest them
How Common
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1.0
290
1.0
264
1.8
- Specialized
7
2.8
- Specialized
30
6.4
- Specialized
35
6.7
- Specialized
3
5.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bile comes from the old Latin word bilis, which named the same bitter fluid that helps with digestion and was also used for 'anger' or a bitter mood. So because bile is a bitter liquid, English also used the word to talk about strong anger or bitterness of feeling.