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from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from gall: used only in the following phrase.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.
- adjective (Physiol. Chem.) a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.
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Examples
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Steroid acids found in bile (i.e. taurocholic and glycocholic acids).
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Steroid acids found in bile (i.e. taurocholic and glycocholic acids).
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It is not unfrequently considered important to test urine for the sodium salts of the conjugate biliary acids, taurocholic and glycocholic.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
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