| 单词 | bear bile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbear bile bear bile n. bile obtained from a bear, used in traditional Chinese and Asian medicine as a treatment for liver disease and various other conditions.The practice of extracting bile from living bears kept in captivity became a major target for animal welfare groups in the late 20th cent. ΚΠ 1926 Acta Scholae Medicinalis Universitatis Imperialis in Kioto 9 362 Castor oil, dried bear bile and ox bile do not manifest opening effect upon this sphincter. 1990 Sci. Amer. Oct. 12/1 Wildlife agents have no reliable way to detect such illegal exotica as bear bile, turtle oil and Oriental potions containing rhinoceros horn. 2009 New Scientist 2 May 43/1 There is some evidence from western medicine that a synthetic version of the active ingredient in bear bile, ursodeoxycholic acid, can treat a range of diseases, including hepatitis C. < as lemmas |
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