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Acetic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
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
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Amic
adjective · 78% connection
Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Biliary
adjective · 78% connection
Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Bilin
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Bilious
adjective · 78% connection
Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an exces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Carbolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Choleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Cup-gall
noun · 78% connection
A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Desoxalic
adjective · 78% connection
Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Dyslysin
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Ellagic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Erucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Erythrine
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Erythrogen
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.
Gall
noun · 78% connection
The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: derived, bile, gall, acid.