bile acid

1. 1.

   any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile

   Broadersteroid

   Narrowercholic acid

Questions about bile acid

What does bile acid mean?

bile acid means "any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile".

Is bile acid a common word?

bile acid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.