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bile acid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
bile acid
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats

Inflected Forms

bile acids (plural)

Phrases

bile salt

Frequently Paired Words

bile salt

Questions

What does bile acid mean?
any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats

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