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Bile salt Moderate

Bile salt has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

The sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.

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salt
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