bile
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At the end of last year, South Korea announced it would ban the breeding and possession of bears and the extraction of their bile.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
The bears had been kept at one of South Korea's last bear bile farms – sites which have now been banned in the country.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
Earlier studies have shown that low oxygen levels can alter bile acids, substances produced by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and released into the intestines to help digest fats.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Researchers had previously found that gut microbes can modify bile acids and influence the amount of atherosclerosis, or fatty plaque buildup in the arteries, that develops over time.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Mr. Georgiou was covered in weeping sores and black bile dribbled from his nostrils, but he was still the person who'd helped us ever since we'd opened the deli.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing bile
Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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