hydragogue
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin hydragogus (“conveying off water”), from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγός (hudragōgós, “to lead”). Compare French hydragogue.
Adjective
edithydragogue (comparative more hydragogue, superlative most hydragogue)
- (medicine) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
Noun
edithydragogue (plural hydragogues)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hydragogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)