cholo-, chol-, chole-

The opening into the duodenum made by the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct.

Excessive bile secretion.

The suppression of bile flow.

Cholecystectomy; surgical removal of the gall bladder through the abdominal wall.

A word used through the years to refer to what is now called "depression".

In the humoral theory of the ancient Greeks it was the temperament caused by an excess of black bile. In modern psychiatric terminology melancholia is used to refer to especially severe forms of major depressive disorders.

A person who experiences a psychological depression: Some older people who live alone tend to become melancholiacs when the seasons turn to fall and winter, when the days are dark and dreary, and when they don't have any relatives or friends who come and visit.

Another spelling of melancholia.