| cholinesterases | <enzyme> Chemical name: Acylcholine acylhydrolase Registry number: EC 3.1.1.8 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cholinoceptive | Referring to chemical sites in effector cells with which acetylcholine unites to exert its actions. Compare: adrenoceptive. Origin: acetylcholine + L. Capio, to take (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholinolytic | Preventing the action of acetylcholine. Origin: acetylcholine + G. Lysis, loosening (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholinomimetic | Having an action similar to that of acetylcholine, the substance liberated by cholinergic nerves; term proposed to replace the less accurate term, parasympathomimetic. Compare: adrenomimetic. Origin: acetylcholine + G. Mimetikos, imitating (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholinoreactive | Responding to acetylcholine and related compounds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholinoreceptors | See: cholinergic receptors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholistine sulphomethate sodium | Pentasodium colistinmethanesulfonate;contains the pentasodium salt of the penta(methanesulfonic acid) derivative of colistin A as the major component, with a small proportion of the pentasodium salt of the same derivative of colistin B; an effective antibiotic against most Gram-negative bacilli (except Proteus), given intramuscularly. See: colistin sulfate, polymyxin. Synonym: cholistine sulphomethate sodium, colistin sulfomethate sodium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholo- | See: chole-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chololith | An obsolete term for gallstone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chololithiasis | <gastroenterology> The presence or formation of gallstones. (18 Nov 1997) |
| chololithic | Rarely used term relating in any way to gallstones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choloplania | The presence of bile salts in the blood or tissues. Origin: cholo-+ G. Plane, a wandering (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholopoiesis | Formation of bile. Synonym: cholopoiesis. Origin: chole-+ G. Poiesis, making (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholorrhoea | An obsolete term for an excessive secretion of bile. Origin: cholo-+ G. Rhoia, a flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| choloscopy | Rarely used term for cholangioscopy. Origin: cholo-+ G. Skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |