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–noun Physiology.
any of various steroid acids, produced in the liver and stored with bile, that emulsify fats during digestion.
Compare bile salt.

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1880–85
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bile acid  
n.  Any of the liver-generated steroid acids, such as cholic acid, that commonly occur in the bile in combination with glycine and taurine as sodium salts.
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Main Entry: bile acid
Function: noun
: any of several steroid acids (as cholic acid) that occur in bile usually in the form of sodium salts conjugated with glycine ortaurine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bile acid n.
Any of several acids formed in the liver that commonly occur in the bile in combination with glycine or taurine as sodium salts.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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