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Word: Cholestasis
Speech Type: Noun
late 19th century. From chole- + stasis, after French choléstase and its model German Cholestasis
Cessation or reduction of the flow of bile, typically resulting from obstruction within the larger bile ducts or gall bladder (more fully "extrahepatic cholestasis") or from factors affecting bile secretion or flow within the liver (more fully "intrahepatic cholestasis").
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