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UDCA

UDCA is the abbreviation of ursodeoxycholic acid.

Meaning of ursodeoxycholic acid

Noun

ursodeoxycholic acid (uncountable)

  1. A bile acid, C₂₄H₄₀O₄, present in human bile at low concentrations and used as a medication for the treatment of various biliary and liver diseases.
    Synonyms:
    UDCA, ursodiol

Questions about UDCA

What is UDCA the abbreviation of?
UDCA is the abbreviation of ursodeoxycholic acid.

Words near UDCA in the dictionary

  1. Udasis
  2. Uday
  3. Udayapur
  4. Udbina
  5. UDC
  6. UDCA
  7. UDD
  8. udder
  9. uddered
  10. udderful
  11. udderfuls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: UDCA (page history and authors); ursodeoxycholic acid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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