Surgery Bile may enter the stomach following a cholescystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder). This is known as postcholecystectomy syndrome and often results in gastritis and esophagitis. The irritation of the stomach lining may lead to vomiting of the bile and other gastric contents.
Show popularity chart The name Dirk is a diminutive form of the name Diederik, which is a Dutch variant of the name Theodoric, which is a Germanic name comprised of the elements peud people and ric power, ruler, hence the meaning ruler of the people.
In Scripture, dragon seems sometimes to signify a large marine fish or serpent, Isaiah 27. Where the leviathan is also mentioned; also Psalm 74. Sometimes it seems to signify a venomous land serpent. Psalm 91.