|kē(ˌ)nōˌdēˌäksē|kōlik-, |ke-, -äl- noun
or che·no·des·ox·y·cho·lic acid -ˌdeˌzäkse
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary chenodesoxycholic or chenodeoxycholic (from chen- + desoxy-, deoxy- + cholic ) + acid; originally formed as German chenodesoxycholsäure
: a bile acid C 23 H 37 (OH) 2 COOH found in the bile of man, goose, hen, and ox; 3,7-dihydroxy-cholanic acid