bile salt

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bile salt

1. Any of the sodium salts of the bile acids occurring in bile.

2. A mixture, such as a commercial preparation derived from the bile of the ox, that is used medicinally as a hepatic stimulant or laxative.

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bile salt - a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids

salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

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