CHOLESTASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cholestasis mean? 

• CHOLESTASIS (noun)
  The noun CHOLESTASIS has 1 sense:

1. a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed

  Familiarity information: CHOLESTASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOLESTASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acholia; cholestasis

Hypernyms ("cholestasis" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

 Context examples 

Also called progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.

(PFIC, NCI Dictionary)

Clinical signs include lymphedema of the lower extremities and cholestasis.

(Aagenaes Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The blockage can occur in the liver (intrahepatic cholestasis) or in the bile ducts (extrahepatic cholestasis).

(Cholestasis, NCI Dictionary)

Reappearance of cholestasis caused by obstruction within the liver by non-cancerous conditions.

(Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Lack of MDR3 can cause a form of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC), a heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive liver disorders, characterized by early onset of cholestasis that progresses to cirrhosis and liver failure before adulthood.

(Multi-Drug Resistance Factor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)