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单词 phlegmagogue
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phlegmagoguen.

Brit. /ˈflɛ(ɡ)məɡɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈflɛ(ɡ)məˌɡɑɡ/
Forms:

α. late Middle English fleumagog, late Middle English fleumagoge, 1600s phlegmagog, 1600s– phlegmagogue.

β. 1500s–1600s phlegmagogon.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French fleumagogue; Latin phlegmagogum.
Etymology: < Middle French fleumagogue, French †phlegmagogue, †flegmagogue (14th cent. in an isolated attestation; subsequently from the 17th cent.; also as adjective (a1590 in Middle French)) and its etymon post-classical Latin phlegmagogum (a1250 in a British source), use as noun of phlegmagogus carrying off phlegm (5th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek ϕλεγμαγωγός < ancient Greek ϕλέγμα phlegm n. + ἀγωγός drawing forth (see agogic adj.1). Compare Spanish †flemagogo (1493 or earlier; also as adjective (1616 or earlier)).In β. forms after ancient Greek neuter nouns in -ον or perhaps after an unattested post-classical Latin form; compare post-classical Latin flamgogon (14th cent. in a British source), phlegmagogon (1719 or earlier).
Now historical.
A medicine for expelling phlegm; an expectorant. Also figurative.
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phlegmagogue?a1425
apophlegmatism1606
apophlegmatizer1671
apophlegmatic1726
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 31 In digestyng þe materie with som oximelle & euoiding it with som fleumagog [?c1425 Paris fleumagoge .i. a medecyne þat purgeþ flewme].
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xxi. 248 Some medicine, that can purge fleume called phlegmagogon.
1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. li. 570 Electuary of Jallap..is a good Phlegmagogue.
1699 Remarks Eminent Antimonarchical Authors ii. 151 Then raves out to the list'ning and attentive rabble, his Choledochons, Phlegmagogons, Balms of Gilead, Conscience Salve, [etc.].
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 248 Phlegmagogues or those [medicines] which draw off pitious Matter or Phlegm by Stool.
1769 W. Smith New & Gen. Syst. Physic i. 449 Every phlegmagogue, therefore, acts either upon the intestines, or upon the pituita itself.
1825 S. Woodworth Widow's Son i. iii. 23 Blistering may answer the purpose, with a phlegmagogue, or some gentle cathartic.
1849 H. Melville Mardi II. lxxiii. 303 Those vegetable pills, potions, powders.., lotions, decoctions, washes, gargles, and phlegmagogues.
1953 Isis 44 222/2 By diminishing the quantity of the humor through bleeding, phlegmagogues, etc.

Derivatives

phlegmagogal adj. Obsolete having the property of expelling phlegm; expectorant.
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phlegmagogal1657
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1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Q Some are called Phlegmagogall [L. phlegmagogae], which purge Phlegme.
phlegmagogic adj. and n. Obsolete (a) adj. expectorant; (b) n. an expectorant.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > apophlegmatic
phlegmagogal1657
phlegmagogic1684
apophlegmatical1706
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1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician 144 Mercury..with..some phlegmagogick Extract [L. extracto aliquo phlegmagogo].
1890 Cent. Dict. Phlegmagogic, I. a. Expelling phlegm; having the character of a phlegmagogue. II. n. A phlegmagogue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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