lithofellic acid

noun

An acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.

OriginLatin fel →
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Meanings

nounlithofellic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.

Origin

  1. Latinfel
  2. Englishlithofellic acid

From litho- + Latin fel, fellis (“gall”).

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