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noun
The sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: salt
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