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-agogue
-agogue or -agogsuff. A substance that stimulates the flow of: emmenagogue. [French, from Late Latin -agōgus, from Greek -agōgos, from agōgos, drawing off, from agein, to lead, drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]-agogue or -agogn combining form1. indicating a person or thing that leads or incites to action: pedagogue; demagogue. 2. (Biochemistry) denoting a substance that stimulates the secretion of something: galactagogue. [via Late Latin from Greek agōgos leading, from agein to lead] -agogic adj combining form -agogy n combining form-agogue or -agog, a combining form with the meaning “leader, bringer,” of that named by the initial element, occurring in loanwords from Greek (demagogue; pedagogue); used also in medical terms that denote substances inducing expulsion or secretion (hemagogue). [< Greek -agōgos,-ē, -on, akin to ágein to lead] -agogue
-agogue word element [Gr.], something that leads or induces.-agogue , -agog (ă-gog'), Avoid the misspellings -ogog and -ogogue.Leading, promoting, stimulating; a promoter or stimulant of. [G. agōgos, leading forth, fr. agō, to lead] -agogue , -agogSuffixes meaning leading, promoting, stimulating; a promoter or stimulant of. [G. agōgos, leading forth, fr. agō, to lead]-agogue , -agogAvoid the misspellings -ogog and -ogogue.Suffixes denoting leading, promoting, stimulating; a promoter or stimulant of something. [G. agōgos, leading forth, fr. agō, to lead] |