Defn: Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.
— n.
Defn: An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
CHOLATE
Cho"late, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.
CHOLECYSTIS
Chol`e*cys"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The gall bladder.
CHOLECYSTOTOMY
Chol`e*cys*tot"o*my, n. Etym: [Cholecystis + Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.
CHOLEDOLOGY
Chol`e*dol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy. Cf. F. cholédologie.] (Med.)
Defn: A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison.