chenodeoxycholic acid

chenodeoxycholic acid
A major bile acid in many vertebrates, usually conjugated with glycine or taurine, which facilitates cholesterol excretion and fat absorption; administered to dissolve cholesterol gallstones. SYN: chenodiol.

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che·no·de·ox·y·cho·lic acid .kē-(.)nō-.dē-.äk-si-.kō-lik-, -.käl-ik- or che·no·des·ox·y·cho·lic acid -.dez-.äk- n a bile acid C24H40O4 that is usu. found conjugated with glycine or taurine in various vertebrates (as hens, geese, hogs, and bears) including humans, that facilitates fat absorption and cholesterol excretion, and that is used to dissolve gallstones which are not calcified called also chenodiol

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che·no·de·oxy·cho·lic ac·id (ke″no-de-ok″se-kolґik) one of the primary bile acids, usually occurring conjugated with glycine or taurine; it facilitates fat absorption and cholesterol excretion. The pharmaceutical preparation is called chenodiol.

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