cholæmic (kolemik)

-ic.] Pertaining to cholæmia; characterized or caused by cholæmia: as, cholæmic convulsions. Also spelled cholemic. Cholæpus (kō-lē'pus), n. See Cholopus. cholagogic (kol-a-goj'ik), a. and n. [ II. n. A cholagogue. cholagogue (kol'a-gog), n. [F. cholagogue = Sp. It. colagogo = Pg.chola go go , χολή , bile, + ἀγωγός, leading, άγειν , lead: see act , n.] A substance which promotes a flow of bile, by increasing its secretion, by facilitating the flow from the gall-bladder into the duodenum, or by quickening peristalsis, and so hurrying the bile through the intestines before it or its constituents are absorbed. cholalic (ko-lal'ik), a . Same as cholic1 . cho lan gio it is (ko-lan" ji-ō-ī'tis), n. [ ἀγγεῖον , a ve el, cell, duct (see angio- ), +-it is.] In pathol . , inflammation of the bileducts.