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Meaning of EMULGENT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \E*mul"gent\, a. [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to
    milk out: cf. F. ['e]mulgent. So called because regarded by
    the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking,
    and so producing the urine.] (Anat.)
    Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and
    veins. -- n. An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.
    
  2. \E*mul"gent\, n. (Med.)
    A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] --Hoblyn.
    
 
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