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bile acid
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bile acid
noun
any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile
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cholic acid
an insoluble crystalline acid present in bile
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steroid
any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects
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