cholestasis
/ˌkoʊ.ləˈsteɪ.sɪs/noun
cholestasis is spelled C-H-O-L-E-S-T-A-S-I-S: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cholestasis means “The suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cholestasis is cholestases.
How many letters and syllables are in cholestasis?
| Letters | 11: C-H-O-L-E-S-T-A-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cholestasis?
Cholestasis appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cholestasis?
- UK /ˌkəʊ.lɪˈsteɪ.sɪs/
- UK /ˌkəʊ.ləˈsteɪ.sɪs/
- US /ˌkoʊ.ləˈsteɪ.sɪs/
Cholestasis has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cholestasis?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cholestasis from its last stressed vowel (/eɪsɪs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cholestasis
- cholestases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cholestasis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cholestasis come from?
From chole- + -stasis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).