cholestaticadj.

1929 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 7 526/1 It seemed appropriate therefore to designate the type of vertigo found in this patient as cholestatic vertigo, since its disappearance was simultaneous with the institution of an adequate flow of normal bile into the duodenum.

1931 French Med. Rev. 1 176/2 [They]..stress the value of the classic grouping into icterus of blood origin, cholestatic or obstructive icterus and effractive or hepatic icterus (due to some interstitial or canalicular lesion).

1960 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 28 659/1 The biopsy of the liver was similar to that seen in other drug-induced cholestatic reactions.

1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lvii. 217 Hepatotoxicity may be classified as hepatocellular or cholestatic.

2007 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 May 2 Tests showed she was most likely suffering from cholestatic jaundice rather than an obstructive problem which could be rectified by surgery.