melanagogue

English

Etymology

From melano- +‎ -agogue.

Noun

melanagogue (plural melanagogues)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

References

• “melanagogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.