acholuria
/ˌeɪkɒˈljʊərɪə/Medicine
noun
Absence of bile pigments in the urine in certain types of jaundice, especially that associated with chronic haemolytic anaemias. In early use also: a disorder giving rise to this, specifically hereditary spherocytosis (now historical ).
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Lancet. From ancient Greek ἄχολος lacking gall, in Hellenistic Greek also deficient in bile + -uria, probably after French acholurie.
- towelette
- towelhead
- towel horse
- toweling
- towelling
- towel rail
- tower
- tower block
- Tower Bridge
- towered
- towering
- Tower of Babel
- Tower of London
- tower of silence
- tower of strength
- tower (or pillar) of strength
- towery
- tow-head
- tow-headed
- towhee
- to whom it may concern
- towie
- to windward of
- towing path
- towing rope