bilious

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The captain was now again taken ill of what he calls a bilious colic, which was so severe as to confine him to his bed, the charge of the ship devolving on Mr Cooper.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or containing bile; biliary.
  2. adjective Characterized by an excess secretion of bile.
  3. adjective Relating to, characterized by, or experiencing gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gallbladder.
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  • He was nearly taken from us by the bilious, then by the typhoid fever; but he is now convalescing. —  Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78
  • Cook was now taken seriously ill and was confined to his bed for several days by what he calls the bilious cholic, during which time —  The Life of Captain James Cook
  • This design Cook triumphantly carried out; though shortly after leaving southern latitudes he was so ill of what he describes as a bilious cholic, that his life was despaired of. —  Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World
  • The captain was now again taken ill of what he calls a bilious colic, which was so severe as to confine him to his bed, the charge of the ship devolving on Mr Cooper. —  Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
  • If I was bilious, there was no calomel. —  Sydney Smith
 

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  1. from Latin biliosus, full of bile, from bilis, bile: see bile.
 

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