• (bile) Fluid composed of waste products, bile acids, salts, cholesterol, and electrolytes. It is produced by the liver and may be stored in the gallbladder (if present).
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• (bile) A fluid made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile is excreted into the small intestine, where it helps digest fat.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (bile) A thick, yellow-green fluid produced by the liver that aids in digestion.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• (bile) An emulsifying agent produced in the LIVER and secreted into the DUODENUM. Its composition includes BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; and ELECTROLYTES. It aids DIGESTION of fats in the duodenum.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• (bile) Bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum and aids in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Bile, greenish yellow secretion that is produced in the liver and passed to the gallbladder for concentration, storage, or transport into the first region of the small intestine, the duodenum. Its function is to aid in the digestion of fats in the duodenum. Bile is composed of bile acids and salts...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
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