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chol-
  variant of chole-, Gr. χολή bile, used bef. a vowel: as in choˈlacrol, an oily neutral body produced by the action of nitric acid upon bile. choˈlæmia (also choleˈhæmia), bile in the blood, as in jaundice; hence choˈlæmic a. choˈlalic acid [chol- + alkali) + ic], the non-azolized acid obtained by the action of alkalis on the acids of bile: see cholic. ˈcholamide, an amide of cholic acid C24H41NO4, obtained in silky, hygroscopic crystals. ˌcholangiˈography [ad. Sp. colangiograf{iacu}a (P. L. Mirizzi 1932, in Bol. Trab. Soc. Cirug{iacu}a Buenos Aires XVI. 1133)], X-ray examination of the gall-bladder and bile-ducts. cholangitis (kɒlænˈdʒaɪtɪs) [see angio-], inflammation of a bile-duct. ˈcholate, a salt of cholic acid.

1866 A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 80 The presence of the essential constituents of the bile in the blood constitutes the morbid condition called cholaemia.


1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 555 The cholæmic attack has so to speak a psychical character.


1880 J. W. Legg Bile 21 Cholalic acid is formed by the decomposition of the bile acids by acids, alkalies, or fermentation.


1878 Kingzett Anim. Chem. 89 Cholic acid is said to yield cholamide.


1936 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetrics LXII. 684 (heading) Cholangiography. A Modified Technique for X-ray Visualization of the Bile Ducts During Operation. 1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1208/2 Radiographic examination of the biliary tract is an invaluable aid to diagnosis. Cholangiography yields more information than cholecystography.


1886 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 290/1 The cases..presented nearly all the anatomical appearances that occur in cholangitis and cholecystitis. 1907 Practitioner Oct. 571 Catarrhal cholangitis. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 613/1 When inflammation involves the gall-bladder the disease is cholecystitis, and when the bile-ducts alone are involved the disease is cholangitis. 1963 Lancet 12 Jan. 72/1 A 38-year-old woman had chronic jaundice and recurrent attacks of cholangitis after a bile-duct lesion in connection with cholecystectomy.


1845–6 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. (1846) I. 49 Most of the cholates are soluble, and possess a sweetish taste.

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