choleresis
Meanings
noun
- The secretion of bile (by the liver rather than the gallbladder)
Word forms
Etymology
From chole- (“bile”) + Ancient Greek ῥῆσις (rhêsis, “flow”) (compare cholestasis) or αἵρεσις (haíresis, “a taking”) or -uresis.
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