Etymology

choleretic

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Today it means: Stimulating the production of bile by the liver. Full definition →

German cholereticum ← Latin choleresis
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  1. Latin · derived fromcholeresis“bile secretion from the liver”
  2. German · derived fromcholereticum
  3. English todaycholeretic

From German cholereticum, from modern Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) (modelled on diuretic).

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