Etymology

cholic

C3H4O1L1I1C3

Today it means: Of or pertaining to bile. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χολή
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχολή“bile”
  2. English todaycholic

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχολή all →

cholinecholercholaemiacholangio-chole-cholecystcholecystischolic acidcholochrome

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