Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cholic \Chol"ic\, Cholinic \Cho*lin"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, from ?
   bile.] (Physiol. Chem.)
   Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.

   {Cholic acid} (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a
      natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids
      in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance,
      convertible under the influence of ether into white
      crystals.