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anticholestatic

anticholestatic adjective: inhibiting cholestasis.

Adjective

anticholestatic (not comparable)

  1. Inhibiting cholestasis.
    • Ursodeoxycholic acid is a widely used anticholestatic drug that contributes to accelerating recovery in the setting of transient neonatal cholestasis.2016 February 2, “Cholestasis Reveals Severe Cortisol Deficiency in Neonatal Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of anticholestatic

From anti- + cholestatic.

Questions about anticholestatic

What does anticholestatic mean?
Anticholestatic means inhibiting cholestasis.
What part of speech is anticholestatic?
Anticholestatic is an adjective.

Words near anticholestatic in the dictionary

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

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