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Webster 1913 Edition

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

serolin ‎(uncountable)

(biochemistry) A fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.
(biochemistry) A body found in faeces and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile.