haemagoguehemagogueadj.n.
/ˈhiːməɡɒɡ//ˈhɛməɡɒɡ/ A. adj.
Promoting a menstrual or hæmorrhoidal discharge of blood.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > of blood > bleeding > from uterus > causing
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1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived ii. 48 Probably for their Hemagogue Faculty, Hippocrates observes, That Cold Bathing makes bloody Urine worse.
B. n.
A medicine which has this quality.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > haemagogue
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1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Hemagogue.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hæmagogue.
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