Etymology

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Today it means: A colourless viscous substance having a bittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be the essential principle of bile, but later identified as a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic acid and taurocholic acid. Full definition →

Ancient Greek [Term?]
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Ancient Greek [Term?], meaning "bitter honey".

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