English Explanatory Dictionary

cholic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to bile.
  2. Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of colic (“abdominal distress”).

Word forms

cholic cholics

Etymology

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

Related words

choler cholera choleric

Derived words

acholic black cholic cholate dehydrocholic deoxycholic lithocholic red cholic
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