emmenagogueadj.n.
/ɛˈmiːnəɡɒɡ/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Having power to excite the menstrual discharge; = emmenagogic adj.
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1702 J. Floyer in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1168 All..are..Emmenagogue.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 135 Common Rue, and another species, are..emmenagogue.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 625 Petiveria alliacea is reputed sudorific and emmenagogue.
1864 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 2) 182 Myrrh..is supposed to possess antispasmodic and emmenagogue properties.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. xx. 328 All parts of this plant are said to be emmenagogue.
B. n.
Agents which increase or renew the menstrual discharge.
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1731–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 273 Emenagogues [are such things] as produce a Plethora or Fulness of the Vessels.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 535 Emmenagogues are medicines..employed to promote the menstrual flux.
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