a. Chem. [f. TAURO- + Gr. χολή gall, bile + -IC: cf. CHOLIC.] In taurocholic acid, an acid (C26H45NSO7) found in the bile of the ox and of most other animals, mostly together with glycocholic acid. Hence Taurocholate, a salt of taurocholic acid.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., III. xii. § 2. 702. Both of these resinous acids (the glycocholic and the taurocholic) contain nitrogen. The taurocholic acid also contains sulphur. Ibid., 706 The taurocholates of the alkalies are very soluble in water and in alcohol.
1872. Thudichum, Chem. Phys., 17.
1872. Huxley, Phys., v. 122. The taurocholate and glycocholate of soda, or bile salts, as they are sometimes called.
