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acholia Path.|æˈkɒlɪə, eɪ-|
[See acholous a.; -ia.]
A deficiency or an absence of bile. (In quot. 1903 spec. = cœliac disease.) Hence aˈcholic a. = acholous a.
1848Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 7) 19/1. 1864 W. Aitken Pract. Med. (ed. 3) II. 813 Occasionally death occurs under symptoms of acholia. 1893Funk's Stand. Dict., Acholic. 1903W. B. Cheadle in Lancet 30 May 1497/1 An affection of the digestive tract..is that condition which I have ventured to term ‘acholia’... Acholia is specially characterised, as the name implies, by the absence of bile. Ibid. 1497/2 Acholic stools occur usually in children under five years of age. 1963E. D. Palmer Clinical Gastroenterology (ed. 2) xvii. 580/2 After the common duct has been obstructed for some time, acholia, or failure of bile production, may result. |