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hydragogue, a. and n.|ˈhaɪdrəgɒg|
[a. F. hydragogue, or ad. L. hydragōg-us, ad. Gr. ὑδραγωγ-ός conveying water, f. ὑδρ- water (see hydro-) + ἄγειν to lead; ὑδραγωγὰ ϕάρµακα (Galen), medicines which remove water from the body.]
A. adj. Of medicines: Having the property of removing accumulations of water or serum, or of causing watery evacuations.
1638Venner Censure in Via Recta (1650) 391 A fitting hydragog medicine to evacuate the reliques of the water. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 104 An Hydragogue Draught. 1855Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 222 Gamboge acts as a drastic and hydragogue purgative.
B. n. A hydragogue medicine or drug.
1658Phillips s.v. Hydragogy, Hydragogues are Medicines that are prepared to draw forth the Water from any Hydropical parts. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., All sudorific, aperitive, and diuretic medicines, are hydragogues. 1831J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 361 It was formerly employed as a hydragogue in passive dropsies. |