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Webster 1913 Edition


Bilin

Bi′lin

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
biline
, from L.
bilis
bile.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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 of the sodium salts of the bile acids.