What's the difference between atrabilious and bilious?

Atrabilious


Definition:

  • (a.) Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.

Example Sentences:

Bilious


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the bile.
  • (a.) Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
  • (a.) Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The triad of epigastric pain unrelieved by antacids, bilious vomiting, and weight loss, particularly after a gastric operation should make one suspect this syndrome.
  • (2) Duodenogastric reflux is relevant in the pathogenesis of postoperative bilious vomiting and probably of "alkaline" reflux esophagitis.
  • (3) The diagnosis was established via hepatobiliary scintigraphy, which demonstrated aberrant biliary flow, as well as by culdocentesis, which yielded bilious fluid.
  • (4) Jejunogastric bile reflux explains the patient's complaint of dyspepsia and occasional bilious vomiting in this case.
  • (5) The last chairman of a royal commission on the press didn't join in this bilious refrain.
  • (6) Nine (20%) required surgical intervention, five (11%) had nonsurgical obstruction such as meconium plug or left microcolon, and the remaining 31 (69%) had idiopathic bilious vomiting.
  • (7) The chief clinical features of forty-nine patients with the syndrome of reflux "alkaline" gastritis were epigastric pain, bilious vomiting, anemia, and the dumping syndrome.
  • (8) It’s clear the problem unelected officials have goes far beyond the odd bilious general But the lack of official and media response to the kind of openly anti-democratic top-brass talk that’s not been heard in Britain since the 1970s – and would be denounced as treasonable anywhere else – is remarkable.
  • (9) The patient presented after a day of acute attacks of left upper quadrant pain with bilious vomiting.
  • (10) Here’s a bilious Bun , banging on about grossly inflated salaries (though strangely not mentioning the £4.88m the chief of Sky was worth last year).
  • (11) On the 28th postoperative day, she had upper abdominal pain, distention and bilious vomiting.
  • (12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Zoe Coombs Marr Underbelly Cowgate , 6-28 August I wasn’t quite as delighted as some by Zoe Coombs Marr’s Edinburgh debut last year, when she launched her bilious alter ego Dave – a self-hating male-chauvinist standup of the old school.
  • (13) This phenomenon explains the initial symptoms like bilious vomiting and abdominal distension as well as the later clinical signs of hypovolaemia and shock.
  • (14) None developed bowel ischemia or midgut infarction secondary to a volvulus as they were identified by contrast studies shortly after the initial episode of bilious vomiting.
  • (15) Trump proclaims himself the 'law and order' candidate in convention speech Read more Donald Trump had just delivered a bilious speech that flashed warning lights for liberal America.
  • (16) He has designed some of the biggest and most spectacular yachts ever to set sail and can offer just about anything a seafaring billionaire's heart desires – from tennis courts to personal submarines, waterfalls and even special stability features for those prone to feeling a little bilious on the high seas.
  • (17) Bilious vomiting, alkaline gastritis, and other postgastrectomy complaints were recorded infrequently.
  • (18) In syndromes with slow gastric emptying, bilious vomiting, or alkaline reflux gastritis, the use of endoscopy is essential to rule out mechanical causes of the syndrome.
  • (19) Bilious vomiting improved significantly after RY diversion, but 18 patients (38 per cent) complained of vomiting food and 32 patients (67 per cent) experienced postprandial distress or pain.
  • (20) Forty-eight patients presented with rectal bleeding; 28, with intestinal obstruction; five, with abdominal pain; and four, with bilious umbilical drainage.

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