Stercorin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.


         [1913 Webster] Seron

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stercorin \Ster"co*rin\, n. [L. stercus, -oris, dung.] (Physiol.
     Chem.)
     Same as {Serolin}
     (b) .
         [1913 Webster]