Cholestasia
cholestasia cho·le·sta·si·a (kō’lĭ-stā’zē-ə, -zhə) or cho·le·sta·sis (-stā’sĭs)
n.
An arrest in the flow of bile.
cho’le·stat’ic (-stāt’ĭk) adj.
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