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—cholestatic /koh'leuh stat"ik, kol'euh-/, adj./koh'leuh stay"sis, -stas"is, kol'euh-/, n. Pathol.total or partial suppression of the flow of bile.[1930-35; CHOLE- + STASIS]
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