the bile

  • 21Bile (disambiguation) — Bile may refer to:*Bile (or gall), a greenish yellow alkaline fluid secreted from the liver of most vertebrates * Bile (band), a New York industrial metal bandBile may also refer to: *Belenus, a god of Celtic mythology *Birecik, Turkey, a city… …

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  • 22Bile esculin agar — (BEA) is a selective differential agar used to isolate and identify members of the genus Enterococcus . Bile salts are the selective ingredient, while esculin is the differential component. Enterococcus hydrolyze esculin to products that react… …

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  • 23bile salt — n 1) a salt of bile acid 2) bile salts pl a dry mixture of the salts of the gall of the ox used as a liver stimulant and as a laxative called also ox bile extract, oxgall …

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  • 24bile — (n.) 1660s, from Fr. bile (17c.) bile, also, informally, anger, from L. bilis fluid secreted by the liver, also one of the four humors (also known as choler), thus anger, peevishness (especially as black bile, 1797) …

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  • 25bile — [bīl] n. [Fr < L bilis] 1. the bitter, alkaline, yellow brown or greenish fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder: it is discharged into the duodenum and helps in digestion, esp. of fats 2. a) either of two bodily humors… …

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  • 26bile duct — ► NOUN ▪ the tube which conveys bile from the liver and the gall bladder to the duodenum …

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  • 27The High End of Low — Studio album by Marilyn Manson Released …

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  • 28bile duct — bile′ duct n. anat. a common duct that transports bile from the liver and gall bladder to the small intestine • Etymology: 1765–75 …

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  • 29bile acid — n any of several steroid acids (as cholic acid) that occur in bile usu. in the form of sodium salts conjugated with glycine or taurine * * * see under B …

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  • 30bile vessel — n any of numerous fine channels within the liver that conduct bile …

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