单词 | physagogue |
释义 | † physagogueadj.n. Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A. adj. Having the property of relieving flatulence; carminative. Cf. earlier physagogal adj. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 955/1 Physagogus, carrying off flatus or flatulence: physagogue. B. n. A medicine having this property; a carminative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for flatulence carminative1671 wind-discusser1676 windbreaker1694 physagogue1890 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 655/2 Physagoga, carminatives.] 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 335/1 Physagogues, carminatives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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