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bile acid

noun

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  1. any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile…

    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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bile acid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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