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emmenagogue, a. and n. Med.|ɛˈmiːnəgɒg|
Also 8 emenagogue.
[f. Gr. ἔµµηνα the menses of women + ἀγωγός drawing forth.]
A. adj. Having power to excite the menstrual discharge; = emmenagogic.
1702Sir J. Floyer in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1168 All..are..Emmenagogue. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 135 Common Rue, and another species, are..emmenagogue. 1860in Mayne Exp. Lex. 1861R. Bentley Man. Bot. 625 Petiveria alliacea is reputed sudorific and emmenagogue. 1864A. B. Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 2) 182 Myrrh..is supposed to possess antispasmodic and emmenagogue properties. 1887C. A. Moloney Sk. 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.
1731–1800in Bailey. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 273 Emenagogues are such things as produce a Plethora or Fulness of the vessels. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 535 Emmenagogues are medicines..employed to promote the menstrual flux. |