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Bile (from
Latin bilis), or gall, is a yellow-green
fluid produced by the
liver of most
vertebrates that aids the
digestion of
lipids in the
small intestine...
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Bile acids are
steroid acids found predominantly in the
bile of
mammals and
other vertebrates.
Diverse bile acids are
synthesized in the liver.
Bile acids...
- A
bile duct is any of a
number of long tube-like
structures that
carry bile, and is
present in most vertebrates. The
bile duct is
separated into three...
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Bile acid
malabsorption (BAM),
known also as
bile acid diarrhea, is a
cause of
several gut-related problems, the main one
being chronic diarrhea. It has...
- gallbladder, also
known as the cholecyst, is a
small hollow organ where bile is
stored and
concentrated before it is
released into the
small intestine...
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Bile bears,
sometimes called battery bears, are
bears kept in
captivity to
harvest their bile, a
digestive fluid produced by the
liver and
stored in the...
- Cholangiocarcinoma, also
known as
bile duct cancer, is a type of
cancer that
forms in the
bile ducts.
Symptoms of
cholangiocarcinoma may
include abdominal...
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suggested that
humors are the
vital bodily fluids: blood, phlegm,
yellow bile, and
black bile.
Alcmaeon and
Hippocrates posited that an
extreme excess or deficiency...
- A
gallstone is a
stone formed within the
gallbladder from
precipitated bile components. The term
cholelithiasis may
refer to the
presence of gallstones...
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Cholestasis is a
condition where the flow of
bile from the
liver to the
duodenum is impaired. The two
basic distinctions are:
obstructive type of cholestasis...
