Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

choleresis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cholere-sis
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The secretion of bile (by the liver rather than the gallbladder)

Etymology

From chole- (“bile”) + Ancient Greek ῥῆσις (rhêsis, “flow”) (compare cholestasis) or αἵρεσις (haíresis, “a taking”) or -uresis.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ῥῆσις

Derived Forms

hypercholeresis

Frequently Paired Words

choleretic

Questions

What does choleresis mean?: The secretion of bile (by the liver rather than the gallbladder)
Where does choleresis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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