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Webster 1913 Edition

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(kō̍-lē′mĭ-ȧ)

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

χολή

bile +

αἷμα

blood.]

(Med.)

A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.

cholaemia ‎(plural cholaemias)

(medicine) A condition caused by the presence of excess bile in the blood, sometimes leading to somnolence and coma.