CHOLECYSTOSTOMY 



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CHOLESTEATOMA 



Cholecystectomy (kol-e-sis-tos' -to-me) [x°M>> bile ; 

 - f , a bladder; aroua, mouth]. The surgical 

 establishment of an opening into the gall-bladder. 



Cholecystotomy [kol-e- sis-tot' -o-me) \_xofJ], bile ; Kvang, 

 bladder ; rifiveiv, to cut]. Incision of the gall-bladder 

 to remove gall-stones, etc. 



Choledoch (kol'-e-dok)[xo7i] ,bi\e ; SixeaOai, to receive]. 

 I. Conducting bile. 2. A bile-duct. 3. The common 

 bile-duct. 



Choledochitis (kol-ed-o-ki* '-tis) [j^n/jy, bile ; Sexeodai, 

 to receive ; trig, inflammation]. Inflammation of the 

 choledoch duct. 



Choledocho-duodenostomy (kol-ed-o-ko-du-od-en-os'- 



. bile ; 6ex£<y0ai, to receive ; duodecim, 



twelve; aropu, mouth]. The surgical establishment 



of a passage between the common bile-duct and the 



duodenum. 



Choledocho-enterostomy {kol-ed-o-ko-en-ter-os' -tome) 

 \_\oat), bile ; dexeodai, to receive ; ivrepov, bowel ; 

 crofia, mouth]. The surgical establishment of a pass- 

 age between the cavity of the choledoch duct and 

 the small intestine. 



Choledocholithotripsy (kol-ed-o-ko-lith' -o-trip-se) \_x°''l, 

 bile; de^ffftfa*, to receive; Aidog, a stone; Tpifieiv. to 

 rub]. The crushing of a gall-stone in the ductus 

 choledochus. 



3holedochostomy (kol-ed-o-kos' -to-me) [_x°*%> bile ; 

 ntiat, to receive ; croua, mouth]. The formation 

 of a fistula in the gall-duct through the abdominal 

 wall. 



Choledochotomy [kol-ed-o-kof -o-me) [_X 0A Vj bile ; 

 dixeadat, to receive ; roar), section]. Opening of the 

 common bile-duct by incision. 



holedochus {kol-ed' '-o-kus) \_xot-i), bile ; dexeoQcu, to 

 receive]. Receiving or holding bile. C, Ductus 

 Communis, the common excretory duct of the liver 

 and gall-bladder. 



3holedology {kol-ed-ol' -o-je) [x°?V> bile ; /.ejciv, to 



i speak]. The sum of knowledge concerning .he bile. 



~holeic (kol-e'-ik) [jo/.#, bile]. Pertaining to the bile. 



^holein (kol'-e-in) \_xo7.ij, bile]. A mixture of several 

 principles of the bile ; a fatty principle found in bile, 

 holelith \kol' -e-lith) [x oA 'h bile ; /udoc, a stone]. A 

 biliary calculus or gall-stone, 

 'holelithiasis (kol-e-lith-i'-as-is) [x°' T '/< bile; /.iduc, a 

 stone]. The presence of, or a condition associated 

 with, calculi in the gall-bladder or in a gall-duct, 

 holemesis 1 kol-em'-es-is) \jco't.rj, bile ; kjieaic, vomit- 

 ing]. The vomiting of bile, 

 -holemia [ko-le' '-me-ah) [^o/Uy, bile; aipa, blood]. 

 The presence of bile in the blood, 

 holemic [ko-le' -mik) [x°'~V> bile; aiua, blood]. Re- 

 lating to cholemia; marked or caused by cholemia. 

 holepyrrhin (kol-e-pir'-in) [x o/ V> bile; -rrvppoq, orange- 

 colored]. The brown coloring-matter of bile. Also 

 called Bilepyrrhin. 



holera (kol'-er-ah) [xo/.ipa ; from x o/ J> bile]. A 

 name given to a number of acute diseases charac- 

 terized mainly by large discharges of fluid material 

 from the bowels. A synonym of C. asiatica. C. 

 asiatica, an acute, specific, highly malignant dis- 

 ease, existing in India and the tropics of Asia 

 during the entire year, and occasionally spreading 

 as an epidemic over large areas. It is character- 

 ized by excessive vomiting, alvine discharges resemb- 

 ling flocculent rice-water, severe cramps, collapse, 

 and frequently death. The rate of mortality varies 

 from 10 to 66 per cent., the average being over 

 50 per cent. The cause or specific virus is very 

 generally believed to be the so-called " c ovinia 

 banllu;'' of Koch, which is contained in the rice- 

 water discharges. Cultures of this germ have in some 



instances produced the disease and in others have 

 failed. The virus, whatever it may be, commonly 

 gains entrance into the system by means of the drink- 

 ing-water ; hence in cases of threatened epidemic, 

 and during the prevalence of an epidemic the purity 

 of the water-supply should be carefully investigated. 

 C, Bilious, a form of the disease attended with exces- 

 sive discharge of bile. C, Chicken, a very fatal epi- 

 demic disease of fowls, marked by tumefaction of the 

 lymphatic glands, with inflammation and ulceration 

 of the digestive organs. The symptoms peculiar to 

 cholera are wanting. C, English. See C. nos- 

 tras. C, European. See C. , Simple. C. gravior. 

 Synonym of C. asiatica. C.-hand, a livid, grayish- 

 blue, corrugated state of the palms of the hand 

 from immersion in water. It is present in death 

 from drowning, and is also called " washerwoman's 

 hand." C, Hog, an infectious disease attacking 

 swine and characterized by a patchy redness of the 

 skin, with inflammation and ulceration of the bowels, 

 enlargement of the abdominal glands, and congestion 

 of the lungs. C. infantum, the "summer com- 

 plaint ' ' of infants and young children ; an acute dis- 

 ease occurring in warm weather, and characterized by 

 gastric pain, vomiting, purgation, fever, and prostra- 

 tion. The cause of the disease is the prolonged action 

 of heat, together with errors in diet and hygiene. It 

 is most common among the poor and in hand-fed 

 babes. The disease is of short duration, death fre 

 quently ensuing in three to five days. C. infec- 

 tiosa. See Cholera asiatica. C. morbus, an acute 

 catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane of 

 the stomach and intestines, with enteric pain, purging, 

 vomiting, spasmodic contractions of the muscles, etc. 

 It is a disease of the heated term and is very similar 

 to Asiatic cholera in its symptomatology. C. nostras, 

 also called English Cholera and Cholerine. Same as 

 C. morbus. C. sicca, a term applied to those cases of 

 Asiatic cholera in which rice-water liquid is found in 

 the intestines after death, though none had been 

 voided during life. C, Simple, the diarrhea with 

 cramps, purging, and collapse, common in the autumn 

 or late summer. C, Summer. See C. , Simple. C. 

 Voice, the peculiar whispering voice of those in the 

 cold stage of cholera. 



Choleraic [kol-er-a' -ik) [x°'£p a > cholera]. Pertaining 

 to or resembling cholera. C. Diarrhea. See Diar- 

 rhea. 



Choleraphobia (kol-er-af-o' -be-ah) \_xo7Apa, cholera ; a 

 priv. ; poSoc, fear.] Absence of fear during an epi- 

 demic of cholera. 



Choleraphonia (kol-er-af-o / -ne-ah) \_xo'/.tpa, cholera ; 

 d priv. ; (ituvij, a voice]. Aphonia occurring during an 

 attack of cholera. 



Choleriform [ko-ler* -if-ortri) [,£OA£pa, cholera ; forma, 

 form]. Resembling or appearing like cholera. 



Cholerigenous (kol-er-ij'-en-us) [xo/.ipa, cholera; 

 ■\evecrig, production]. Giving origin to cholera. 



Cholerine (hol'-er-in) [dim. of cholera']. A mild case 

 of choleraic diarrhea. Also, the initiatory stage of 

 malignant cholera. Also, the zymotic cause or virus 

 of cholera. See Cholera nostras. 



Choleroid (kol'-er-oid) [joPipa, cholera ; el6oc, like]. 

 Resembling cholera ; choleriform. 



Cholerophobia {kol-er-o-fo> '-be-ah) \j(o7.ipa, cholera; 

 >'<jc, fear]. Morbid dread of cholera. 



Cholerrhagia (kol-er-a' -je-ah) [^o/j?, bile; pijyvi-vai, to 

 burst forth]. Synonym of Cholera morbus. 



Cholesteatoma (hol-cs-te-at-o / -mah) [x o/ */i bile (chol- 

 esterin) ; aredruua, a sebaceous tumor : //., Cholesteat- 

 omata]. A tumor containing cells inclosing plates of 

 cholesterin, and occurring most frequently at the base 



