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Webster 1913 Edition

Emulgent

E-mul′gent

,
Adj.
[L.
emulgens
, p. pr. of
emulgere
to milk out: cf. F.
émulgent
. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the kidneys; renal;
as,
emulgent
arteries and veins
.
–
Noun.
An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.

E-mul′gent

,
Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine that excites the flow of bile.
[Obs.]
Hoblyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emulgent

EMULG'ENT

,
Adj.
[L. emulgeo; e and mulgeo, to milk out.]
Milking or draining out. In anatomy, the emulgent or renal arteries are those which supply the kidneys with blood, being sometimes single, sometimes double. The emulgent veins return the blood, after the urine is secreted. This the ancients considered as a milking or straining of the serum whence the name.

EMULG'ENT

,
Noun.
An emulgent vessel.

Definition 2024

emulgent

emulgent

English

Adjective

emulgent

  1. Of a straining or purifying process
  2. (medicine) Of the renal arteries and veins
    • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 49:
      ...the kidneys, plac'd at the extremities of two large blood-vessels, the emulgent vein and artery, derived from the great vein and artery, very soon after their parting at the heart, the fountain of circulation.

Noun

emulgent ‎(plural emulgents)

  1. (medicine) A substance promoting bile or urine production
  2. A renal artery or vein.

Latin

Verb

ēmulgent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ēmulgeō

Etymology

Latin emulgens, present participle of emulgere ‎(“to milk out”); so called because the kidney was regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.

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