Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an insoluble crystalline acid present in bile;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cholic \Chol"ic\, Cholinic \Cho*lin"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, from ?
bile.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.
[1913 Webster]
Cholic acid (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a
natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids
in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance,
convertible under the influence of ether into white
crystals.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cholic acid
n 1: an insoluble crystalline acid present in bile