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bile
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bile
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n.
a bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
∎ fig.
anger; irritability:
that topic is sure to stir up plenty of bile.
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Bile Acids Conjugation in Human Bile Is Not Random: New Insights from ^sup 1^H-NMR Spectroscopy at 800 MHz
Magazine article from: Lipids; 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Bile acids constitute a group of structurally closely related molecules and represent the most abundant constituents of human bile. Investigations of bile acids have garnered increased interest owing to their recently discovered...
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Bile-Induced DNA Damage in Salmonella enterica
Magazine article from: Genetics; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...enterica serovar Typhimurium is inhibited by bile. Mutations in any of the mutH, mutL, and mutS genes suppress bile sensitivity in a Dam^sup -^ background...MutHLS system renders Dam^sup -^ mutants bile sensitive. However, inactivation of the...
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BILES' GUILE: BILLIKENS FRESHMAN LEARNING HOW TO FIT IN.(Sports)(Profile\Jeramy Biles)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 1/13/1997; ; 700+ words
; Jeramy Biles isn't shy about the fact that the first...him up some. All right, he was scared. Biles covered his head for takeoff. "But once...I kind of liked it." Not much scares Biles, not about life in general or college basketball...
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Bile carcinoembryonic antigen can be helpful in diagnosing bile duct cancer.
Newspaper article from: Clinical Oncology Week; 3/8/2004; 639 words
; ...NewsRx.net) -- A new study finds that bile carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is elevated in patients with bile duct cancer. "It is known that the fluids...Therefore, we evaluated the role of bile CEA in diagnosing bile duct cancer. One...
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Bile Hurries Up, Waits For His Time to Come;Former Mason Star Runs Into Bad Luck
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/7/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...does one begin to explain the luck of Abdi Bile? Today, three days before the 1,500...World Cup track and field championships, Bile still didn't know if he would be allowed...Today, he signs autographs: "Abdi Bile, 1987 World Champion." "Military officers...
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Bile duct injury following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A cause for continued concern / Discussion
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Previous reports suggest that bile duct injuries sustained during laparoscopic...performed a review of patients who sustained bile duct injury from lap chole since 1990 and...female (78%)] were referred with a bile duct injury after lap chole. The level...
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Increased fecal bile acid excretion and changes in the circulating bile acid pool are involved in the hypocholesterolemic and gallstone-preventive actions of psyllium in hamsters
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Increased Fecal Bile Acid Excretion and Changes in the Circulating Bile Acid Pool Are Involved in the Hypocholesterolemic and...psyllium (PSY) is well established. Enhanced fecal bile acid excretion and a stimulation of hepatic bile acid...
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Enhancing bile tolerance improves survival and persistence of Bifidobacterium and Lactococcus in the murine gastrointestinal tract.(Research article)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: BMC Microbiology; 10/9/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...oxygen content and elevated osmolarity and bile salts associated with the upper small intestine [10, 11]. Bile in particular represents a key challenge...ability to tolerate high concentrations of bile. Previously Sleator et al ., [14...
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Bile: Big Time, Little Fanfare
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/23/1988; ; 700+ words
; Abdi Bile always has let his running do the talking...doesn't have to talk. That's fine for Bile, the world champion in the 1,500-meter...Steve Cram and Morocco's Said Aouita. Bile has gone through a brilliant collegiate career...
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Bile duct injuries: Mechanism and prevention
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Surgery; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...that Mayo reported the first two cases of bile duct strictures following cholecystectomy...operations became standardized the incidence of bile duct injuries came down to around 0.125...was an initial spurt in the reports of bile duct injuries[5] resulting mainly from...
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bile
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
bile is a greenish-yellow fluid produced by the liver , and...number of functions, which will be described shortly. But bile also has a remarkable history, for in early medicine bile made up two of the four humours , which were blood, phlegm...
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Bile Duct Cancer
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Bile Duct Cancer Definition Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a malignant tumor of the bile ducts within the liver (intrahepatic), or leading from the liver to the small intestine (extrahepatic). It is a rare tumor with poor outcome...
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bile-acid sequestrant
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
bile-acid sequestrant (si- kwes -trănt) n. a drug that binds to bile acids, forming a complex that is excreted in the faeces. The reduction in bile acids causes cholesterol to be oxidized to bile acids, decreases low-density...
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bile duct
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
bile duct n. any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Many small ducts drain into the right and left hepatic ducts, which unite to form the main bile duct, the common hepatic duct . This joins the cystic duct...
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Bile
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Bile [Ir., scion, hero, noble warrior...Invasions]. To avenge the death of his son Ith , Bile joined another son, Míl Esp...Jubainville (1827–1910) asserted that Bile was a god of darkness and death from the underworld...
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