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cholaemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cholaemia
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condition caused by the presence of excess bile in the blood, sometimes leading to somnolence and coma.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin cholaemia, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall, bile”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, chole- + -aemia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cholaemia, χολή

Usage

Inflected Forms

cholaemias (plural) cholemia (alternative)

Derived Forms

cholaemic

Questions

What does cholaemia mean?
A condition caused by the presence of excess bile in the blood, sometimes leading to somnolence and coma.
Where does cholaemia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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