English Explanatory Dictionary

emulgent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a straining or purifying process.
  2. Of the renal arteries and veins.
noun
  1. A substance promoting bile or urine production
  2. A renal artery or vein.

Word forms

emulgent emulgents

Etymology

From 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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