bile
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.
Other meanings
Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
Synonyms
- gall
A kind of
- digestive juice
Word history
From Latin "bīlis".
Where this comes from
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