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cholic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.11 in modern English

Syllables
cholic
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to bile.

adj

Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives.

noun

Obsolete spelling of colic (“abdominal distress”).

Obsolete

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cholics (plural)

Derived Forms

acholic cholate dehydrocholic deoxycholic lithocholic

Phrases

black cholic red cholic

Frequently Paired Words

choler cholera choleric

Questions

What does cholic mean?
Of or pertaining to bile.
Where does cholic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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