cholic

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to bile.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of colic (“abdominal distress”).

Synonyms

biliary

of the bile

Translations

χολικός

cholique

colico

Etymology

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