Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

choleretic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: choleretic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Stimulating the production of bile by the liver.

noun

A drug which stimulates the production of bile by the liver.

Example Sentences

"This drug has a strong choleretic effect."
"Phenobarbital is a powerful choleretic."

Etymology

From German cholereticum, from modern Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) (modelled on diuretic).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: cholereticum, choleresis

Inflected Forms

more choleretic (comparative) most choleretic (superlative) choleretics (plural)

Derived Forms

anticholeretic hypercholeretic

Frequently Paired Words

cholagogic choleric cholekinetic cholepoietic cholestatic cholagogue cholekinesis choleresis

Questions

What does choleretic mean?: Stimulating the production of bile by the liver.
Where does choleretic come from?: It is traced to German.

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