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cholangioprotective

/koʊˌlændʒi.oʊ.prəˈtɛk.tɪv/

cholangioprotective adjective: the property of protecting the bile ducts (cholangiocytes) from damage, disease, or dysfunction. It is used in medical and pharmacological contexts to describe substances, therapies, or mechanisms that help maintain the health of the biliary system.

Adjective

cholangioprotective (comparative more cholangioprotective, superlative most cholangioprotective)

  1. The property of protecting the bile ducts (cholangiocytes) from damage, disease, or dysfunction. It is used in medical and pharmacological contexts to describe substances, therapies, or mechanisms that help maintain the health of the biliary system.
    • Nonamidated norUDCA undergoes cholehepatic shunting enabling 'ductular targeting' and inducing a bicarbonate-rich hypercholeresis, with cholangioprotective effects.2015, Trauner M, Halilbasic E, Claudel T, Steinacher D, Fuchs C, Moustafa T, Pollheimer M, Krones E, Kienbacher C, Traussnigg S, Kazemi-Shirazi L, Munda P, Hofer H, Fickert P, Paumgartner G...
    • Agonism of these receptors exerts important cholangioprotective and anti-inflammatory effects.2023, Petar Mamula, Judith R. Kelsen, Andrew B. Grossman, Robert N. Baldassano, Jonathan E. Markowitz, editors, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 4 edition, Springer Nature, page 131

Forms of cholangioprotective

comparativemore cholangioprotective
superlativemost cholangioprotective

Origin of cholangioprotective

From cholangio- + protective.

Questions about cholangioprotective

What does cholangioprotective mean?
Cholangioprotective means the property of protecting the bile ducts (cholangiocytes) from damage, disease, or dysfunction. It is used in medical and pharmacological contexts to describe substances, therapies, or mechanisms that help maintain the health of the biliary system.
What part of speech is cholangioprotective?
Cholangioprotective is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cholangioprotective?
Cholangioprotective is pronounced /koʊˌlændʒi.oʊ.prəˈtɛk.tɪv/.

Words near cholangioprotective in the dictionary

  1. cholangiopancreatographies
  2. cholangiopancreatography
  3. cholangiopathic
  4. cholangiopathies
  5. cholangiopathy
  6. cholangioprotective
  7. cholangioscopies
  8. cholangioscopy
  9. cholangiosis
  10. cholangiostomies
  11. cholangiostomy

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