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单词 hydragogue
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hydragogueadj.n.

/ˈhʌɪdrəɡɒɡ/
Etymology: < French hydragogue, or < Latin hydragōgus , < Greek ὑδραγωγός conveying water, < ὑδρ- water (see hydro- comb. form) + ἄγειν to lead; ὑδραγωγὰ ϕάρμακα (Galen), medicines which remove water from the body.
A. adj.
Of medicines: Having the property of removing accumulations of water or serum, or of causing watery evacuations.
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hydragogal1652
hydragogical1675
hydragogic1712
1637 T. Venner Censure in Via Recta 340 A fitting hydragog medicine to evacuate the reliques of the water.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 104 An Hydragogue Draught.
1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (1877) 222 Gamboge acts as a drastic and hydragogue purgative.
B. n.
A hydragogue medicine or drug.
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hydrotic1681
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Hydragogy Hydragogues are Medicines that are prepared to draw forth the Water from any Hydropical parts.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) All sudorific, aperitive, and diuretic Medicines, are Hydragogues.
1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica x. 393 It was formerly employed as a hydragogue in passive dropsies.
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