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Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

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

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