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cholemia

 [ko-le´me-ah]
bile or bile pigment in the blood. adj., adj chole´mic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

cho·le·mi·a

(kō-lē'mē-ă),
The presence of bile salts in the circulating blood.
Synonym(s): cholehemia
[chole- + G. haima, blood]
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cholemia

(1) The presence of bile salts and bile pigments in the peripheral circulation (a normal finding).
(2) The presence of an excess of bile salts and bile pigments in the peripheral circulation.

The use of cholemia in the working biomedical parlance is waning.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

cho·le·mia

(kō-lē'mē-ă)
The presence of bile salts in the circulating blood.
Synonym(s): cholaemia.
[chole- + G. haima, blood]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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