"choleretic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more choleretic [comparative], most choleretic [superlative]
Etymology: From German cholereticum, from modern Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) (modelled on diuretic). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|cholereticum}} German cholereticum, {{der|en|la|choleresis||bile secretion from the liver}} Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} choleretic (comparative more choleretic, superlative most choleretic)
  1. Stimulating the production of bile by the liver. Related terms: cholagogic, choleric, cholekinetic, cholepoietic, cholestatic
    Sense id: en-choleretic-en-adj-DPTn-wSC

Noun [English]

Forms: choleretics [plural]
Etymology: From German cholereticum, from modern Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) (modelled on diuretic). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|cholereticum}} German cholereticum, {{der|en|la|choleresis||bile secretion from the liver}} Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} choleretic (plural choleretics)
  1. A drug which stimulates the production of bile by the liver. Related terms: cholagogue, cholekinesis, choleresis, cholepoiesis, cholestasis
    Sense id: en-choleretic-en-noun-4il3z07F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63

Inflected forms

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