单词 | choleretic |
释义 | † cholereticadj.1 Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Of, relating to, or affected with cholera; = choleraic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > cholera choleric1831 choleraic1832 choleretic1836 cholerized1868 1836 London Med. Gaz. 30 July 700/1 In the clinical wards, to which choleretic patients are sometimes sent, to afford the pupils an opportunity of seeing the results of different practice. 1854 A. Strickland Lives Queens Scotl. V. 30 Lady Moray might really have been ill of the same malady as her royal mistress,..apparently a malignant intermittent typhus, accompanied with choleretic symptoms, cramps, and collapse. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). cholereticadj.2n. Pharmacology and Physiology. A. adj.2 Stimulating the secretion of bile by the liver; designating this action or effect. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > promoting secretion of bile choleretic1926 1926 Jrnl. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therapeutics 30 185 The choleretic action of many other drugs have [sic] been investigated by the same authors [sc. Brugsch and Horsters]. 1934 Chem. Abstr. 28 6838/2 Onions contain a choleretic substance acting directly on the liver cells and causing increased secretion of bile and bile substances. 1982 R. Campbell & L. Houston tr. J. Valnet Pract. Aromatherapy 70 The essences of lavender, mint, sage and thyme are also choleretic. 2008 E. A. Roberts in D. Kelly Dis. Liver & Biliary Syst. Children (ed. 3) iv. 91/1 It [sc. ursodeoxycholic acid] is thought to have a choleretic action, but is not universally effective. B. n. A choleretic agent. Cf. cholagogue n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine promoting secretion of bile hepatic1486 hepatical1671 choleretic1929 1929 Ann. Internal Med. 3 572/1 Brugsch and Horsters originated the term choleretic to designate a drug which increases the flow of bile from the liver as distinguished from the term cholagogue which means expulsion of bile from the gall-bladder. 1988 Adv. Diet & Nutrition 2 31 Cyanarin is a choleretic and beneficial to digestion. 2003 Guardian 17 July i. 14/3 They are likely to include such dubious but widely used Gallic remedies as..‘choleretics’ (for the secretion of bile), and a whole class of products known as ‘replacement intestinal flora’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11836adj.2n.1926 |
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