The presence of bile or bile acids in the blood, which normally should not occur there.
From Greek 'chole' (bile) + '-emia' (condition of the blood). The suffix '-emia' comes from Latin 'haemia' referring to blood conditions, while 'chole' derives from ancient Greek medical terminology for bile.
Cholemia is one of those detective words doctors use—when they find bile in your bloodstream, it's a sign something's wrong with your liver or gallbladder, like a crime scene where the evidence is in the wrong place!
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