serolin
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From serum + Latin oleum (“oil”) + -in.
Noun
[edit]serolin (uncountable)
- (archaic, biochemistry) A fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.
- (biochemistry) A substance found in faeces, thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile.
Synonyms
[edit]Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “serolin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)