Chem. [f. Gr. χολή bile + -INE.] An organic base, identical with or akin to neurine.
1869–71. Watts, Dict. Chem., VI. 448. Strecker in 1861 obtained from pigs’ bile, and afterwards from ox-bile, a base which he called choline. Ibid. Choline or Neurine, C5H15NO2.
Hence Cholinic a., as in cholinic acid, obtained by digesting bile with dilute hydrochloric acid.
1858. Thudichum, Urine, 271. A mixture of the salts of cholic and cholinic acids.
