Relating to or caused by gallstones or bile calculi.
From Greek 'chole' (bile) + 'lithikos' (of stone). This adjective form describes conditions, diseases, or processes involving stone formation in the bile system.
A chololithic crisis—when a gallstone gets stuck and blocks bile flow—is absolutely agonizing because bile backs up into the liver and pancreas, and doctors in the 1800s had no idea what was causing the pain until imaging technology improved!
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