Characterized by the absence of bile or lacking in bile-like secretions.
From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'chole' (bile) + '-ous' (full of), literally meaning 'without bile-like qualities,' used in medical terminology.
This medical term is rarely used today, but it appears in historical pathology texts describing digestive conditions—it's a fossil word from when doctors described diseases by what was missing rather than what was wrong!
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