hydragogue
causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
Also hy·dra·gog .Pharmacology. a hydragogue agent.
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How to use hydragogue in a sentence
Used as a drastic hydragogue in dropsies; and in scrofula, &c.
The seeds contain an oil that is official in all Pharmacopœias as one of the most powerful hydragogue cathartics.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraCathartics, especially those of a hydragogue nature, are also very beneficial.
It is the most active hydragogue purgative known, causing also much depression and violent griping.
Gamboge (Cambogia) is a drastic hydragogue cathartic, causing much griping and irritation of the intestine.
British Dictionary definitions for hydragogue
/ (ˈhaɪdrəˌɡɒɡ) /
med any purgative that causes evacuation of water from the bowels
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