Choledology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Choledology \Chol`e*dol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. cholh` bile + -logy. Cf.
     F. chol['e]dologie.] (Med.)
     A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. --Dunglison.
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     Note: Littr['e] says that the word chol['e]dologie is


           absolutely barbarous, there being no Greek word ?. A
           proper form would be cholology.
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