chole-
(kɒliː)
repr. Gr. χολή gall, bile; formative of medical and chemical terms; as ˈcholeate, a salt of choleic acid. choleˈchlorin [χλωρός green], the green bile pigment, biliverdin. choleˈchroin [χρόα colour], a green resinous substance found in bile; a mixture of biliverdin and other substances. choˈleic a. = taurocholic (acid). ˈcholein, a non-nitrogenous matter obtained from bile. choleˈinic a., applied to taurocholic acid, or a mixture of it. ˈcholelith, a gall-stone (Syd. Soc. Lex.). cholelithiasis (-lɪˈθaɪəsɪs), formation or presence of biliary calculi; an instance of this condition. cholepoiˈetic a., forming or secreting bile. choleˈpyrrhin, choˈlerythrin [Gr. πυρρός flame coloured, ἐρυθρός red], two of the bile-pigments, biliphæin and bilirubin. cholesteaˈtoma [στεάτωµα sebaceous tumour], a fatty tumour, laminated and pearly, principally composed of crystals of cholesterine (Mayne 1852). Hence cholesteaˈtomatous a.
| 1845–6 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 26 Choleate of soda. |
| Ibid. I. 164 Decomposed into choleic acid, uric acid, etc. 1854 Bushnan in Circ. Sc. II. 21/1 Bile is..a solution of a salt of soda, formed by combination of the base with two acids—namely, the cholic acid and the choleic acid. |
| 1880 J. W. Legg Bile 3 Spoken of as choleinic acid. |
| 1887 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. IV. 560/1 Cholelithiasis, or gall-stone formation. 1906 Practitioner Dec. 809 Both in cholelithiasis and in nephrolithiasis. 1963 Lancet 19 Jan. 136/1 Stones from 10 unselected cases of cholelithiasis were also washed and tested in the same way. |
| 1845 Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. 263 Its colouring matter [cholepyrrhin, or biliverdin] is carried off in the excrements. |
| 1878 A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 197 Cholesteatoma..occasionally present in the brain. |
| 1847–8 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 98/2 Composed of cholesteatomatous matter. |