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emmenagogue
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Emmenagogue
(gcide) | Emmenagogue \Em*men"a*gogue\, n. [Gr. ?, n. pl., menses (? in +
? month) + ? leading, fr. ? to lead: cf. F. emm['e]nagogue.]
(Med.)
A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
[1913 Webster] Emmenthal
Emmentaler
Emmental |
emmenagogue
(wn) | emmenagogue
n 1: any agent that promotes menstrual discharge |
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emmenagogue
(encz) | emmenagogue, n: |
emmenagogue
(wn) | emmenagogue
n 1: any agent that promotes menstrual discharge |
EMMENAGOGUES
(bouvier) | EMMENAGOGUES, med. jur. The name of a class of medicines which are believed
to have the power. of favoring the discharge of the menses. These are black
hellebore, savine, (vide Juneperius Sabina,) madder, mercury, polygala,
senega, and pennyroyal. They are sometimes used for the criminal purpose of
producing abortion. (q.v.) They always endanger the life of the woman. 1
Beck's Medical Jur. 316; Dungl. Med. Diet. h.t.; Parr's Med. Dict. h.t.; 3
Paris and Fonbl. Aled. Jur. 88.
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