Definition of Cholic

1. a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.

Definition of Cholic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to bile ¹

2. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives ¹

3. Noun. (non-gloss definition An (obsolete sub=labelcat) spelling of (term colic) (gloss abdominal distress).) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cholic

1. pertaining to bile [adj] - See also: bile

Medical Definition of Cholic

1. Relating to the bile. Synonym: choleic. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholic

cholesterols
cholesteroluria
cholesterosis
cholesterosis cutis
cholesteryl
cholesteryl ester synthetase
cholesteryls
cholestyramine
cholestyramine resin
cholestyramines
choleuria
choleverdin
choli
choliamb
choliambs
cholic (current term)
cholic acid
cholic acids
cholicele
cholics
choline
choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
choline acetylase
choline acetyltransferase
choline chloride
choline deficiency
choline dihydrogen citrate
choline esterase I
choline esterase II
choline kinase

Literary usage of Cholic

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

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"(1) cholic acid dissolves in cone. H2SO4 with a reddish yellow colour showing a characteristic green ... cholic acid is formed in the liver and there ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"Appendix to cholic Acid. ... it is a mil- ture of cholic acid and ... the former having the composition of cholic acid, and the latter containing 2 atoms of ..."

3. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"According to the statements of LASSAR-COHN l three cholic acids may be prepared from human bile, namely, ordinary cholic ACID, ..."

4. A Textbook of physiological chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1906)
"According to the latest statements of LASSAR-COHN 2 three cholic acids may be prepared from human bile, namely, ordinary cholic ACID, ..."

5. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann, George Edward Day (1851)
"It is-, however, true that Gmelin applied the term cholic acid to that acid of the bile in whose salts he recognized a sweet taste, and regarded it as a ..."

6. A Guide to the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Urine: Designed by Carl Neubauer, Julius Vogel (1863)
"The biliary acid which occasionally appears in the urine is cholic acid, ... A considerable quantity of cholic acid is, under normal conditions, ..."

7. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1871)
"If boiled for a long time with a dilute solution of potassa, glyko-cholic acid is decomposed with the production of two new substances; ..."

8. First Principles of Chemistry by Benjamin Silliman (1859)
"cholic Acid. — The bile of animals is a solution of the soda or potash salts of ... the soda salt of the dissolved cholic acid may be obtained in crystals. ..."

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