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Acholia
noun · 78% connection
a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Benzoin
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and sl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Biliary
adjective · 78% connection
Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Bilin
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Bilious
adjective · 78% connection
Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an exces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Cholate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Difficulty
noun · 78% connection
Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseveranc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Erythrogen
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Glycocholic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Hennotannic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Keratin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Key
noun · 78% connection
A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Kynurenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called ky…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Lac
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Lantanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.
Leucin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resinous, substance, formed, decomposition, cholic.