bile salt

noun

Definition of bile salt

1 : a salt of bile acid

2 bile salts plural : a dry mixture of the principal salts of the gall of the ox used as a liver stimulant and as a laxative

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Bile, along with bile salts, is used to break down fats during the digestive process. — Kate Wehr, Good Housekeeping, "Gallstones Are the Pregnancy Complication No One Warned Me About," 18 Apr. 2019 The divers inject the starfish with a solution of bile salts or white vinegar, which kill the starfish without hurting other marine life. — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, "A Voracious Starfish Is Destroying the Great Barrier Reef," 5 Jan. 2018

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bile salt

noun

1 : a salt of bile acid

2 bile salts plural : a dry mixture of the salts of the gall of the ox used as a liver stimulant and as a laxative

— called also ox bile extract, oxgall