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bile acid /bile ac·id/ (bīl as´id) any of the steroid acids derived from cholesterol; classified as primary, those synthesized in the liver, e.g., cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids, or secondary, those produced from primary bile acids by intestinal bacteria, e.g., deoxycholic and lithocholic acids. Most of the the bile acids are reabsorbed and returned to the liver via the enterohepatic circulation. Cf. bile salt under salt.

bile acid

Any of several acids formed in the liver that commonly occur in the bile in combination with glycine or taurine as sodium salts.

bile acid,

a steroid acid of the bile, produced during the metabolism of cholesterol. On hydrolysis, bile acid yields glycine and choleic acid.

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