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Meaning of EMMENAGOGUE

Pronunciation:  u'menu`gog

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any agent that promotes menstrual discharge
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Em*men"a*gogue\, n. [Gr. ?, n. pl., menses (? in +
? month) + ? leading, fr. ? to lead: cf. F. emm['e]nagogue.]
(Med.)
A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
 

 

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