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cholic

cholic adjective: of or pertaining to bile. Also the obsolete spelling of colic.

Adjective

cholic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to bile.
  2. Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives.

Also used as

cholic is also the obsolete spelling of colic.

Forms of cholic

pluralcholics

Origin of cholic

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). By surface analysis, chol(e) + -ic.

Words formed from cholic

Phrases with cholic

Questions about cholic

What does cholic mean?
Cholic means of or pertaining to bile.
What part of speech is cholic?
Cholic is an adjective.

Words near cholic in the dictionary

  1. choliambists
  2. choliambs
  3. Choliar
  4. Choliars
  5. Cholias
  6. cholic
  7. cholic acid
  8. cholical
  9. cholick
  10. cholicks
  11. cholics

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