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cholestasis

UK/ˌkəʊ.lɪˈsteɪ.sɪs/US/ˌkoʊ.ləˈsteɪ.sɪs/

cholestasis noun: the suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver.

Noun

cholestasis (countable and uncountable, plural cholestases)

  1. The suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver.

cholestasis meaning in Tamil

cholestasis in Tamil

பித்தநீர் தடை படுதல், பித்த நீரோட்டத் தடை, பித்தத்தேக்கம்

Forms of cholestasis

pluralcholestases

Origin of cholestasis

From chole- + -stasis.

Questions about cholestasis

What does cholestasis mean?
Cholestasis means the suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver.
What is cholestasis in Tamil?
Cholestasis in Tamil is பித்தநீர் தடை படுதல், பித்த நீரோட்டத் தடை, பித்தத்தேக்கம். See Cholestasis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cholestasis?
Cholestasis is a noun.
How do you pronounce cholestasis?
Cholestasis is pronounced /ˌkəʊ.lɪˈsteɪ.sɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of cholestasis?
The plural of cholestasis is cholestases.

Words near cholestasis in the dictionary

  1. cholestanols
  2. cholestanone
  3. cholestanones
  4. cholestanyl
  5. cholestases
  6. cholestasis
  7. cholestatic
  8. cholestatrienol
  9. cholesteatoma
  10. cholesteatomas
  11. cholesteatomata

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cholestasis (page history and authors); cholestasis (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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