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bile acids

bile acids is the plural of bile acid.

Meaning of bile acid

Noun

bile acid (plural bile acids)

  1. 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

Questions about bile acids

What is bile acids the plural of?
Bile acids is the plural of bile acid.

Words near bile acids in the dictionary

  1. bildungsroman
  2. bildungsromane
  3. bildungsromans
  4. bile
  5. bile acid
  6. bile acids
  7. bile duct
  8. bile ducts
  9. bile pigment
  10. bile pigments
  11. bile salt

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