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cholic en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). By surface analysis, chol(e) + -ic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to bile.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives.

Deriveds

dehydrocholic · cholate · lithocholic · black cholic · deoxycholic · red cholic · acholic

Relateds

cholera · choleric · choler

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cholic en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of colic (“abdominal distress”).
   alt of colic

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