bile salt

/baɪl sɔlt/
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Other forms: bile salts

Definitions of bile salt
  1. noun
    a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
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    type of:
    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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