| choleraic diarrhoea | Diarrhoea of infants in hot weather, usually an acute gastroenteritis due to the presence of Shigella or Salmonella. Synonym: choleraic diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| choleraphage | Bacteriophage of Vibrio cholerae. Origin: cholera + G. Phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleresis | The secretion of bile as opposed to the expulsion of bile by the gallbladder. Origin: chole-+ G. Hairesis, a taking (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleretic | A choleretic agent. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cholerheic | Denoting diarrhoea produced secondary to unabsorbed bile salts. Origin: chole-+ G. Hairesis, a taking (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleric | Synonym: biliary. 2. Relating to or characteristic of biliousness. 3. Formerly, denoting a temperament characterised by a quick, irritable temper. Synonym: choleric. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleric jaundice | Jaundice with the presence of biliary derivatives in the urine; occurs in regurgitation hyperbilirubinaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleriform | Resembling cholera. Synonym: choleroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholerigenic | Cholerigenous Causing or engendering cholera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholerine | A mild form of diarrhoea seen during epidemics of Asiatic cholera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleroid | Resembling cholera. Synonym: choleroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholerrhagia | Extensive flow of bile. Origin: chole-+ G. Rhegnymi, to burst forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholerrhagic | Referring to the flow of bile. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholescintigraphy | Examination of the gall bladder and bile ducts by nuclear medicine scanning; radionuclide cholecystography. Origin: chole-+ scintigraphy (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholestadienes | Cholene derivatives with methyl groups at c-10 and c-13 and a branched 8-carbon chain at c-17. They must have two double bonds in the ring system. (12 Dec 1998) |