lithobilic acid

English

Etymology

See litho-, bile, -ic, acid.

Noun

lithobilic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, such as bezoar stones.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “lithobilic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)