What it means
The root in words about bile, the fluid the liver makes to digest fat, and the gallbladder that stores it. Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, cholelithiasis is gallstones, a cholecystectomy is removal of the gallbladder, and cholesterol was first found in gallstones.
At a glance
| Also written | chole-, chol- |
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