the bile

  • 91BILE —    a fluid secreted from the blood by the liver to aid in digestion, the secretion of which is most active after food …

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  • 92bile duct cystadenoma — a large multiloculated cystic tumor of the liver, usually in the right lobe and filled with clear or cloudy fluid …

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  • 93bile — 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 …

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  • 95bile-esculin agar — an agar medium containing beef extract, peptone, oxgall, ferric citrate, and esculin, sometimes supplemented with horse serum, used for the identification of group D streptococci …

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  • 96bile solubility test — (for differentiation of pneumococci from other streptococci) a sample of a broth culture is incubated at pH 7.4 to 7.6 with sodium deoxycholate. A decrease in turbidity (positive test) indicates lysing of the cells. Pneumococci give a positive… …

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  • 97bile — baɪl n. bitter liquid secreted by the liver; bitterness …

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  • 98bile — noun (U) 1 a bitter green brown liquid formed in the liver (1), which helps you to digest 1 (1) fats 2 literary anger and hatred …

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  • 99bile */ — UK [baɪl] / US noun [uncountable] 1) medical a green brown liquid that is made in the liver and helps you to digest fats 2) mainly literary angry words or feelings …

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  • 100bile — [[t]baɪl[/t]] n. 1) phl a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, esp. of fats 2) phl ill temper; peevishness 3) phl either of two humors of medieval physiology associated with… …

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