/koh"lik, kol"ik/
1. Biochem. a bile acid, C 24 H 40 O 5 , related to the sex hormones and cholesterol.
2. the commercial form of this compound, obtained from beef bile, used chiefly in the manufacture of drugs and in research.
[ 1840-50; cholikós bilious ( chol ( é ) bile + -ikos -IC); see CHOLE- ]