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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic. archaic

Adjective

1. 1
   Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy. archaic, not-comparable

Etymology

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

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