Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bile salt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: bile salt
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Inflected Forms

bile salts (plural)

Questions

What does bile salt mean?: 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.

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