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CIDE DICTIONARY

cholic, a. [Gr. , from bile.].

Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile. [1913 Webster]

Cholic acid (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.

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