Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY'DRA-GOGUE
HY'DRA-GOGUE, n. [hy'dragog; Gr. υδραγωγος, υδωρ, water, and αγωγη, a leading or drawing, from αγω, to lead or drive.]
A medicine that occasions a discharge of watery humors. In general, the stronger cathartics are hydragogues. Quincy. Encyc.
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