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Definition of Acholia
1. Noun. A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed.
Definition of Acholia
1. n. Deficiency or want of bile.
Definition of Acholia
1. Noun. (medicine) Deficiency or want of bile. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acholia
1. a lack of bile [n -S]
Medical Definition of Acholia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acholia
Literary usage of Acholia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the practice of medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1898)
"It results from congenital stricture of the duct, syphilis of the liver, or septic
infection through the umbilical vein. acholia. ..."
2. The Practice of medicine by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1874)
"acholia.—The liver is the largest gland in the body ; its weight, in the adult,
varying from 2 to 4 Ibs. During digestion it always becomes Buch congested ..."
3. A Manual of the practice of medicine by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1864)
"acholia.—There are certain diseases of the liver—such as acute atrophy, impermeability
of the bile ducts, cirrhosis, fatty degeneration ..."
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