Definition of stercorin. Meaning of stercorin. Synonyms of stercorin

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Definition of stercorin

stercorin
Serolin Ser"o*lin, n. [Serum + L. oleum 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.
Stercorin
Stercorin Ster"co*rin, n. [L. stercus, -oris, dung.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Serolin (b) .

Meaning of stercorin from wikipedia

- 5β-Coprostanol (5β-cholestan-3β-ol) is a 27-carbon stanol formed from the net reductive metabolism of cholesterol (cholest-5en-3β-ol) in the gut of most...
- retention of **** in the cae**** Stercoraceous vomiting, or fecal vomiting Stercorin, or coprostanol, a compound frequently used as a biomarker for the presence...
- pancreatic juice tyrosine 1862 Austin Flint described the production of "stercorin". 1875 Victor Charles Hanot described cirrhotic jaundice and other diseases...
- a constituent of the bile, is afterward converted into what he named "stercorin" (better known as coprosterol), the odorous principle of ****. He was...