picromel

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noun

A colourless viscous substance having a bittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be the essential principle of bile, but later identified as a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic acid and taurocholic acid.

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nounpicromel (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablechemistryA colourless viscous substance having a bittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be the essential principle of bile, but later identified as a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic acid and taurocholic acid.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek[Term?]
  2. Englishpicromel

Ancient Greek [Term?], meaning "bitter honey".

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picromel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picromel

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