| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kōlik-, -|kälik- noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary taur- + cholic acid
: a deliquescent crystalline acid (HO) 3 C 23 H 36 CONHCH 2 CH 2 SO 3 H that occurs in the form of the sodium salt in the bile of man, of carnivorous animals, and of the ox and a few other herbivorous animals and that on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid