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Webster 1913 Edition

Hydragogue

Hy′dra-gogue

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Adj.
[L.
hydragogus
conveying off water, Gr. [GREEK];
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] to lead: cf. F.
hydragogue
.]
(Med.)
Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
–
Noun.
A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hydragogue

HY'DRAGOGUE

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Noun.
hy'dragog. [Gr. water, and a leading or drawing; to lead or drive.] A medicine that occasions a discharge of watery humors; a name that implies a supposition that every purgative has the quality of evacuating a particular humor. But in general, the stronger cathartics are hydragogues.

Definition 2024

hydragogue

hydragogue

English

Adjective

hydragogue ‎(comparative more hydragogue, superlative most hydragogue)

  1. (medicine) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.

Noun

hydragogue ‎(plural hydragogues)

  1. Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

Etymology

Latin hydragogus conveying off water, Ancient Greek to lead: compare French hydragogue.

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