acholia

[ ey-koh-lee-uh ]

/ eɪˈkoʊ li ə /

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noun Pathology.

lack of a secretion of bile.

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Origin of acholia

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

a·chol·ic

[ey-kol-ik], /eɪˈkɒl ɪk/, a·cho·lous

[ey-koh-luhs, -kol-uhs, ak-uh-luhs], /eɪˈkoʊ ləs, -ˈkɒl əs, ˈæk ə ləs/, adjective