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Bile

A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.

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Biliary 74% connected

Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.

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Biliary 74% connected

Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.

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Bilious 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the bile.

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Bilious 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the bile.

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Gall 92% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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Acholia noun · 78% connection

a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed

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Alkalescency noun · 78% connection

A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

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Alkalization noun · 78% connection

The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

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Basic adjective · 78% connection

Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

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Chyme noun · 78% connection

The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestine…

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Digester noun · 78% connection

A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.

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Duodenum noun · 78% connection

The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

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Earth noun · 78% connection

A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.

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Echidnine noun · 78% connection

The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to…

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Equilibrium constant noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction eq…

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Equilibrium law noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the…

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Esophagus noun · 78% connection

That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

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Euchlorine noun · 78% connection

A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to cons…

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Ferritin noun · 78% connection

a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stor…

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Gout noun · 78% connection

A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, a…

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Hepar noun · 78% connection

Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of th…

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Hepato-pancreas noun · 78% connection

A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.

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Hepatogenous adjective · 78% connection

Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.

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