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choleretic

choleretic adjective: stimulating the production of bile by the liver.

Adjective

choleretic (comparative more choleretic, superlative most choleretic)

  1. Stimulating the production of bile by the liver.
    • This drug has a strong choleretic effect.

Noun

choleretic (plural choleretics)

  1. A drug which stimulates the production of bile by the liver.
    • Phenobarbital is a powerful choleretic.

choleretic meaning in Tamil

choleretic in Tamil

பித்தச்சுரப்பி

Forms of choleretic

Adjective
comparativemore choleretic
superlativemost choleretic
Noun
pluralcholeretics

Origin of choleretic

From German cholereticum, from modern Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) (modelled on diuretic).

Words formed from choleretic

Questions about choleretic

What does choleretic mean?
Choleretic means stimulating the production of bile by the liver.
What is choleretic in Tamil?
Choleretic in Tamil is பித்தச்சுரப்பி. See Choleretic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is choleretic?
Choleretic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near choleretic in the dictionary

  1. choleraics
  2. choleralike
  3. choleras
  4. choleratoxin
  5. choleresis
  6. choleretic
  7. choleretics
  8. choleric
  9. cholerically
  10. cholericly
  11. cholericness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choleretic (page history and authors); choleretic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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