stercorin
(ˈstɜːkərɪn)
[a. F. stercorine (see quot. 1868), f. stercor-, stercus dung: see -in.]
A fæcal extractive resembling biliary cholesterin.
| [1868 A. Flint, Jr. Recherches expérim. sur une nouvelle fonction du Foie 67 Trouvant cette substance en si grande quantité dans les matières fécales, nous l'avons désignée sous le nom de stercorine.] 1873 C. H. Ralfe Phys. Chem. 21 Stercorin. Under this name Dr. Austin Flint has described a substance which, if not identical with serolin, resembles it closely in its physical and chemical characters. 1881 Mivart Cat 188 Their nutritious matter being re-absorbed and their refuse driven on as excretin, stercorin [etc.]. |