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anticholeretic

anticholeretic adjective: inhibiting the production of bile by the liver.

Adjective

anticholeretic (comparative more anticholeretic, superlative most anticholeretic)

  1. Inhibiting the production of bile by the liver.

Noun

anticholeretic (plural anticholeretics)

  1. Any substance that inhibits bile production.

Forms of anticholeretic

Adjective
comparativemore anticholeretic
superlativemost anticholeretic
Noun
pluralanticholeretics

Origin of anticholeretic

From anti- + choleretic.

Questions about anticholeretic

What does anticholeretic mean?
Anticholeretic means inhibiting the production of bile by the liver.
What part of speech is anticholeretic?
Anticholeretic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near anticholeretic in the dictionary

  1. anticholagogue
  2. anticholagogues
  3. anticholecystokinin
  4. anticholera
  5. anticholeraic
  6. anticholeretic
  7. anticholeretics
  8. anticholestatic
  9. anticholesteraemic
  10. anticholesteremic
  11. anticholesterol

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