English Explanatory Dictionary

hydragogue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
noun
  1. Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

Word forms

hydragogue hydragogues

Etymology

From Latin hydragogus (“conveying off water”), from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγός (hudragōgós, “to lead”). Compare French hydragogue.

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