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Webster 1913 Edition


Serolin

Ser′o-lin

,
Noun.
[
Ser
um + L.
ole
um oil.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
(a)
A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.
(b)
A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; – called also
stercorin
, and
stercolin
.