choleresis

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English

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Etymology

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From chole- (“bile”) + Ancient Greek ῥῆσις (rhêsis, “flow”) (compare cholestasis) or αἵρεσις (haíresis, “a taking”) or -uresis.

Noun

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choleresis

  1. (physiology) The secretion of bile (by the liver rather than the gallbladder)

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