Defn: Choleriform.
CHOLESTERIC
Cho`les*ter"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. cholestérique.]
Defn: Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure.
CHOLESTERIN
Cho*les"ter*in, n. Etym: [Gr. cholestérine. See Stearin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.
CHOLIAMB; CHOLIAMBIC
Cho"li*amb, Cho`li*am"bic, n. Etym: [L. choliambus, Gr. (Pros.)
Defn: A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
CHOLIC; CHOLINIC
Chol"ic, Cho*lin"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: 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.
CHOLINE
Cho"line, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)