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| bile [ bīl ] |
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1. physiology digestive fluid: a yellowish green fluid produced in the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and passed through ducts to the small intestine, where it plays an essential role in emulsifying fats
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2. bitterness: feelings of bitterness and irritability
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3. history bodily humor: according to medieval medicine, one of the four basic fluids of the body humors, an excess of which was thought to make somebody prone to anger
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French< Latin bilis] |
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