Cholyltaurine; N-choloyltaurine; a compound of cholic acid and taurine, involving the carboxyl group of the former and the amino of the latter; a common bile salt in carnivores. SYN: cholaic acid.
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tau·ro·cho·lic acid .tȯr-ə-.kō-lik-, -.käl-ik- n a deliquescent acid occurring in the form of its sodium salt C26H44NNaO7S in the bile of humans, the ox, and various carnivores
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tau·ro·cho·lic ac·id (taw″ro-koґlik) cholyltaurine.Medical dictionary. 2011.