choline

Coined from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

The chemical compound was first isolated by Adolph Strecker from pig and ox bile (hence the name) in 1862. It was also named neurine when chemically synthesized by Oscar Liebreich in 1865, until 1898 when shown to be identical to choline.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊliːn/

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choline (usually uncountable, plural cholines)

1. (organic chemistry) A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂CH₂OHX⁻. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.

• (ammonium compound): neurine, vitamin J, sincaline (obsolete)

• Helicon, Nichole, helicon

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lin/

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• Homophone: colline

choline f (plural cholines)

1. (biochemistry) choline

• “choline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.