χολή — meaning in English

English meaning

• bile noun A bitter yellowish-green fluid made by the liver and released into the intestine to help digest fat.
• gall noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
• wormwood noun A very bitter herb used in medicine and in making absinthe and vermouth.

Senses

χολή is used for these senses in English:

• gall (figurative, uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
• gall (figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
• gall bladder (anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
• wormwood (figurative) Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.

bile — full definition

1. noun A bitter yellowish-green fluid made by the liver and released into the intestine to help digest fat.
2. noun Bitterness or irritability of temper.

gall — full definition

1. noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
2. verb To irritate or annoy someone deeply.
3. noun Bile, the bitter fluid produced by the liver.
4. noun A sore patch on the skin caused by rubbing or chafing.
5. noun A lump or growth on a plant, often caused by an insect laying eggs inside it.

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