Usually means: Digestive detergents facilitating fat absorption.
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  1. bile acids: Merriam-Webster
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  3. bile acids: Wiktionary
  4. Bile acids: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. bile acids: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
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  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See bile_acid 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
▸ Also see bile_acid

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