bile salt
noun Physiology.
a product of a bile acid and a base, functioning as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids for absorption in the duodenum.
Origin of bile salt
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby bile salt
bile acid,
bile canaliculus,
bile duct,
bile ducts,
bile pigment,
bile salt,
bilection,
bilestone,
bilge,
bilge board,
bilge keel
Medical definitions for bile salt
bile salt
n.
Any of the sodium salts of the bile acids, such as taurocholate and glycocholate, occurring in bile.
A mixture, such as a commercial preparation derived from the bile of the ox, that is used medicinally as a hepatic stimulant or laxative.