bile salt

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

   Broadersalt

Questions about bile salt

What does bile salt mean?

bile salt means "a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids".

Is bile salt a common word?

bile salt 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.