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cholelithiasis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
cholelithi-a-sis
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Gallstones: gallstone disease.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From chole- + lithiasis.

Inflected Forms

cholelithiases (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cholecystitis cholecystonephrolithiasis

Synonyms

cholecystolithiasis[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

What does cholelithiasis mean?
Gallstones: gallstone disease.
Where does cholelithiasis come from?
From chole- + lithiasis.

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