bile
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bile/bʌɪl/
▶noun
- 1 a bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder, which aids digestion.
- 2 anger or bitterness.
– origin C16: from Fr., from L. bilis.
'bile' also found in these Oxford entries:
atrabilious
- bile duct
- biliary
- bilious
- bilirubin
- biliverdin
- bill
- black bile
- cholangiography
- chole-
- choler
- cholesterol
- choline
- gall
- gall bladder
- gallstone
- humour
- jaundice
- melancholia
- melancholy
- taurine
- yellow bile
