BILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bile mean? 

• BILE (noun)
  The noun BILE has 1 sense:

1. a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

  Familiarity information: BILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bile; gall

Hypernyms ("bile" is a kind of...):

digestive fluid; digestive juice (secretions that aid digestion)

Derivation:

biliary (relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder)

biliary; bilious (relating to or containing bile)

 Context examples 

In a total pancreatectomy, part of the stomach, part of the small intestine, the common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen, and nearby lymph nodes also are removed.

(Pancreatectomy, NCI Dictionary)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the liver parenchyma and the intrahepatic bile ducts.

(Non-Neoplastic Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of malignant cells with a phenotype that resembles the malignant cells of the pancreatic ductal or extrahepatic bile duct carcinomas.

(Pancreatobiliary-Type Malignant Cells Present, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure to drain bile to relieve pressure in the bile ducts caused by a blockage.

(Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, NCI Dictionary)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder.

(Non-Neoplastic Hepatobiliary Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts.

(Non-Neoplastic Bile Duct Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The bound bile acids are excreted with the feces and plasma cholesterol is converted to bile acid to reestablish normal bile acid levels, resulting in a lowering of plasma cholesterol concentrations.

(Bile Acid Sequestrant, NCI Thesaurus)

A thin tube within the liver that collect bile secreted by hepatocytes.

(Bile Canaliculus, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the extrahepatic bile ducts from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts, NCI Thesaurus)

Combination of hepatocytes and bile duct epithelium lesions

(Mouse Hepatocholangiocellular Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)