Taurocholic Acid Definition

tôrō-kōlĭk, -kŏlĭk

noun

A colorless, crystalline acid, NC₂₆H₄₅O₇S, that occurs in the bile of mammals as the sodium salt and promotes the intestinal absorption of lipids, as cholesterol.

Webster's New World

Origin of Taurocholic Acid

Greek tauros bull (from its having been obtained first from ox bile) tauro- in Indo-European roots cholic acid

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition