emulsification
91emulsifier — See emulsification. * * * ▪ chemistry in foods, any of numerous chemical additives that encourage the suspension of one liquid in another, as in the mixture of oil and water in margarine, shortening, ice cream, and salad dressing. Closely… …
92steatolysis — [stē΄ə täl′ə sis] n. 〚ModL < Gr stear, gen. steatos, tallow (see STONE) + LYSIS〛 the hydrolysis of a fat into glycerol and fatty acids * * * ste·a·tol·y·sis (stē ə tŏlʹĭ sĭs) n. Digestive emulsification of fat …
93taurocholicacid — tau·ro·cho·lic acid (tôr ō kōʹlĭk, kŏlʹĭk) n. A crystalline acid, C26H45NO7S, involved in the emulsification of fats and occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of humans, oxen, and other mammals. [Greek tauros, bull (from its having been… …
94egg — egg1 eggless, adj. eggy, adj. /eg/, n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to… …
95emulsify — emulsifiable, emulsible, adj. emulsifiability, emulsibility, n. emulsification, n. emulsifier, n. /i mul seuh fuy /, v.t., v.i., emulsified, emulsifying. to make into or form an emulsion. [1855 60; < L emuls(us) (see EMULSION) + IFY] * * * …
96phacoemulsification — /fak oh i mul seuh fi kay sheuhn/, n. Surg. the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction. Also, phakoemulsification. [phaco ( < Gk phako , comb. form of phakós… …
97steroid — /stear oyd, ster /, Biochem. n. 1. any of a large group of fat soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action. adj. 2. Also, steroidal /sti royd l, ste /. pertaining to or …
98glycocholic acid — noun A crystalline bile acid involved in the emulsification of fats, a conjugate of cholic acid with glycine. Syn: cholylglycine See Also: glycocholate …
99ablution — noun a) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non dissolved substance. Cast the ablutions in the main. b) The act of washing or… …
100bile acid — noun any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsificatio …
