Bile Salt Definition

noun

Any of the sodium salts of the bile acids occurring in bile.

American Heritage Medicine

A mixture, such as a commercial preparation derived from the bile of the ox, that is used medicinally as a hepatic stimulant or laxative.

American Heritage Medicine

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.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bile Salt

Singular:

bile salt

Plural:

bile salts

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