Choleretic Definition

kō′lə-rĕt ĭk
adjective
Tending to increase the production of bile.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
A choleretic substance.
American Heritage Medicine

A drug which stimulates the production of bile by the liver.

Phenobarbital is a powerful choleretic.
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Other Word Forms of Choleretic

Noun

Singular:
choleretic
Plural:
choleretics

Origin of Choleretic

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

    From Wiktionary

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