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51bile acid — noun any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile • Hypernyms: ↑steroid • Hyponyms: ↑cholic acid * * * noun : any of several acids (as cholic acid) that occur in bile usually in the form of sodium salts of the acids… …
52Bile d'ours — L Ours noir d Asie sur lequel est prélevé la bile pour ses vertus thérapeutiques et aphrodisiaques supposées La bile d ours est un remède de la médecine traditionnelle chinoise. Elle est prélevée directement sur les animaux vivants à l aide d une …
53bile duct cancer — Cancer that forms in a bile duct. A bile duct is a tube that carries bile (fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat) between the liver and gallbladder and the intestine. Bile ducts include the common hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts.… …
54bile duct — any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Bile is drained from the liver cells by many small ducts into the right and left hepatic ducts, which unite to form the main bile duct of the liver, the common hepatic duct. This joins the cystic… …
55bile-acid sequestrant — a drug that binds to bile acids, forming a complex that is excreted in the faeces. Bile acids are formed in the liver from cholesterol and the effect of loss of bile acids is a reduction in total body cholesterol and a decrease in low density… …
56bile-acid sequestrant — a drug that binds to bile acids, forming a complex that is excreted in the faeces. Bile acids are formed in the liver from cholesterol and the effect of loss of bile acids is a reduction in total body cholesterol and a decrease in low density… …
57bile acid — noun any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsificatio …
58bile pigments — coloured compounds breakdown products of the blood pigment haemoglobin that are excreted in bile. The two most important bile pigments are bilirubin, which is orange or yellow, and its oxidized form biliverdin, which is green. Mixed with the… …
59bile — [[t]ba͟ɪl[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat. 2) N UNCOUNT Bile is the bad smelling liquid that comes out of your mouth when you vomit with no food in your stomach. 3) N UNCOUNT Bile is anger… …
60bile pigments — coloured compounds – breakdown products of the blood pigment haemoglobin – that are excreted in bile. The two most important bile pigments are bilirubin, which is orange or yellow, and its oxidized form biliverdin, which is green. Mixed with the… …
