Bile

/baɪl/

noun

  1. 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.

  2. Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.

  3. Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.

Synonyms: gall

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