Usually means: Digestive fluid aiding fat breakdown.
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  1. bile acid: Merriam-Webster
  2. bile acid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. bile acid: Vocabulary.com
  4. bile acid: Wiktionary
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  6. bile acid: Dictionary.com
  7. Bile acid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. bile acid: Rhymezone
  9. bile acid: FreeDictionary.org
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  11. bile acid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bile acid: Encyclopedia

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  1. bile acid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Acid, bile, Bile acid: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. bile acid: Medical dictionary
  4. Acid, bile, Bile acid: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See bile_acids as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bile acid)

noun:  any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats

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