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acholia

American  
[ay-koh-lee-uh] / eɪˈkoʊ li ə /

noun

Pathology.
  1. lack of a secretion of bile.


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Etymology

Origin of acholia

1840–50; < Greek áchol ( os ) lacking bile ( a- a- 6 + chol- chol- + -os adj. suffix) + -ia


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It brings about a state of things called acholia; the patient is actually poisoned by the non-removal of those ingredients from the blood which it is the duty of the liver to remove.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

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