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.

 

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