Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bitter-sweet substance obtained from bile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Chem.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste.
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- noun chemistry, obsolete A colourless
viscous substance having abittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be theessential principle ofbile , but later identified as a mixture, principally ofsalts ofglycocholic acid andtaurocholic acid .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "bitter honey".
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