cholagogic

cholagogic
SYN: cholagogue (2).

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cho·la·gog·ic .käl-ə-'gäj-ik, .kōl- adj being a cholagogue: inducing a flow of bile

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chol·a·gog·ic (ko″lə-gojґik) stimulating the flow of bile to the duodenum.

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