taurocholic

[tawr-uh-koh-lik, -kol-ik]

adjective

Chemistry.

1. of or derived from taurocholic acid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of taurocholic¹

1855–60; tauro- + cholic (acid) ( def. )

Example Sentences

Levels of the bacterium Bilophila wadsworthia increase when mice are fed a diet rich in milk fat or supplemented with the bile acid taurocholic acid111.

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