combining form of the L. bīlis bile, used in various compounds and derivatives, esp. in the names of bile-pigments; as bili-cyanin, -rubin, -verdin, etc. Hence also Biliation, ‘the production or secretion of bile.’ Syd. Soc. Lex., 1880. Biliferous a., producing bile. † Bilification, the action or process of making bile. † Bilify, v. to form bile; Bilifying ppl. a. bile-forming.

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1880.  J. W. Legg, Bile, 49. Bilicyanin they always find in human gall-stones.

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1878.  Gamgee, trans. Hermann’s Phys. (ed. 2), 138. Yellow bile becomes green through the oxidation of bilirubin to biliverdin.

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1836–9.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., II. 483/2. In many insects … the biliferous organs consist of fluid sacs.

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1692.  Sir T. Blount, Ess., 113. The nature of sanguification, Bilification, Separation of Urine.

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1657.  Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 526. So much Vinegar must be added … as will correct that bilefying faculty.

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