Definition of Bile salt

1. Noun. A salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids.

Generic synonyms: Salt

Definition of Bile salt

1. Noun. The sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it ¹

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Medical Definition of Bile salt

1. Amphipathic compounds that aid digestion and lipid absorption, they are derived from steroids and have some detergent properties. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bile Salt

bile capillary
bile cyst
bile duct
bile duct pressure
bile duct stricture
bile ducts
bile esculin test
bile gastritis
bile nephrosis
bile papilla
bile peritonitis
bile pigment
bile pigment haemoglobin
bile pigments
bile reflux
bile salt (current term)
bile salt agar
bile salt sulfatase
bile salts
bile soap
bile solubility test
bile thrombus
bilection
bilections
bileful
bilepton
bileptons
biles
bilestone
bilestones

Literary usage of Bile salt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"Similar results are obtained in the case of the mixed soaps with bile-salt solution alone, and with bile-salt plus lecithin. A bile-salt solution (5 per ..."

2. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"The method usually employed is as follows: We add 1 and 5 cc of water to two test tubes of aesculin bile salt broth, and place in sterilized Perri-dishes, ..."

3. Manual of bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1907)
"For bile-salt agar 1'5 to 2 per cent agar is dissolved in the stock solution ... In the bile-salt bouillon the formation of both acid and gas is observed if ..."

4. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"To one of thec add a little of the bile salt solution. Now sprinkle on the top of ea& some flowers of sulphur. If the water is clean, the sulphur will floa- ..."

5. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1907)
"The experiments also show that good results are obtained only when an amount of bile salt is used equal to that present in undiluted ox bile but that ..."

6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Following a 2 gin. dose, a great rise in bile salt content was observed ... During the second 6-hour period the bile salt content was about normal but the ..."

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