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Meaning of "hydragogue" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYDRAGOGUE

hydragogue  [ˈhaɪdrəˌɡɒɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYDRAGOGUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hydragogue is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYDRAGOGUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hydragogue in the English dictionary

The definition of hydragogue in the dictionary is any purgative that causes evacuation of water from the bowels.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYDRAGOGUE


demagogue
ˈdɛməˌɡɒɡ
emmenagogue
ɪˈmɛnəˌɡɒɡ
galactagogue
ɡəˈlæktəˌɡɒɡ
haemagogue
ˈhiːməˌɡɒɡ
hemagog
ˈhiːməˌɡɒɡ
hemagogue
ˈhiːməˌɡɒɡ
hydragog
ˈhaɪdrəˌɡɒɡ
mystagog
ˈmɪstəˌɡɒɡ
mystagogue
ˈmɪstəˌɡɒɡ
paragogue
ˈpærəˌɡɒɡ
pedagog
ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡ
pedagogue
ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡ
phlegmagogue
ˈflɛməˌɡɒɡ
psychagogue
ˈsaɪkəˌɡɒɡ
ptyalagogue
taɪˈæləˌɡɒɡ
sialagogue
ˈsaɪələˌɡɒɡ
sialogogue
ˈsaɪələˌɡɒɡ
synagogue
ˈsɪnəˌɡɒɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYDRAGOGUE

hydra
hydracid
hydrae
hydraemia
hydragog
hydralazine
hydrangea
hydrant
hydranth
hydrargyral
hydrargyria
hydrargyric
hydrargyrism
hydrargyrum
hydrarthrosis
hydrase
hydrastine
hydrastinine
hydrastis
hydrate

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYDRAGOGUE

analogue
back catalogue
bogue
brogue
card catalogue
catalogue
cholagogue
dialogue
drogue
epilogue
Hogue
homologue
ideologue
Minogue
monologue
prologue
rogue
secretagogue
travelogue
vogue

Synonyms and antonyms of hydragogue in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hydragogue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYDRAGOGUE

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The translations of hydragogue from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hydragogue» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hydragogue
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hydragogue
570 millions of speakers

English

hydragogue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hydragogue
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مسهل مائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hydragogue
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hydragogue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hydragogue
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hydragogue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidrogog
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hydragogue
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hydragogue
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hydragogue
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hidrasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hydragogue
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hydragogue
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Hydragogue
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hydragogue
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hydragogue
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hydragogue
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hydragogue
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hydragogue
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hydragogue
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hydragogue
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hydragogue
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hydragogue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hydragogue

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDRAGOGUE»

The term «hydragogue» is used very little and occupies the 186.593 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDRAGOGUE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hydragogue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYDRAGOGUE»

Discover the use of hydragogue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hydragogue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Materia medica v.1
This is a very important purpose of Cathartics, and obviously one for which a Hydragogue must bo selected, and also an Aden- agic. Hero an Antiphlogistic and Neuragic Cathartic would clearly be contra-indicated, such as Bitartrate of Potassa ...
William Tully, 1858
2
Eclectic Medical Journal
We have found this root to be a valuable emetic and hydragogue cathartic. In doses of from fifteen to twenty grains, it will cause free and active vomiting, and act moderately upon the bowels; in the dose of from eight to twelve grains, ...
‎1837
3
The Medical Recorder: Of Original Papers and Intelligence in ...
The substance of the rhamus catharticus, or buckthorn, is a most excellent hydragogue. Sydenham, in the commencement of his medical career, met with such unhoped for success from the employment of this article, that he imagined he had ...
Samuel Colhoun, James Webster, 1827
4
A Text Book of Homoeopathic Pharmacy
Colocynthis (Coloc) Centre of action : Cerebro-spinal and abdominal sympathetic nervous system. Hydragogue cathartic. 1. Gastro-intestinal canal : Violent hydragogue cathartic. 2. Mucous membranes (Intestines) : Violent inflammation. 3.
B. Mandal, 2001
5
A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine
Dr. Ferriar asserts, that it surpasses all other articles of this kind in the removal of dropsical accumulations; and it continues to be a favourite hydragogue with many of the most eminent practitioners of the present day. Dr. Clutterbuck, especially ...
John Eberle, 1830
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises ...
Rharonus cuthitrtwus, or common buckthorn, is another hydragogue highly praised by Sydenham, but which, like the elder bark, has gone out of fashion. Sydenham employed it in syrup, and states that it removes the effusion without disturbing ...
Sir John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly, 1832
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The cyclopaedia of practical medicine: comprising treatises ...
Khamnus rflt/iur/°-!cs, or common buckthorn, is another hydragogue highly praised by Sydenham, but which, like the elder bark, has gone out of fashion. Sydenham employed it in syrup, and states that it removes the effusion without disturbing ...
Sir John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly, 1833
8
A dictionary of practical medicine
Thus, calomel and antimo- nials, subsequently to bloodletting, are most appropriate to the inflammatory, the pulmonary, and cardiac complications ; the hydragogue cathartics in ascites and anasarca; and the milder purgatives associated with ...
‎1833
9
The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises ...
Ithamnus cut hurt icus, or common buckthorn, is another hydragogue highly praised by Sydenham, but which, like the elder bark, has gone out of fashion. Sydenham employed it in syrup, and states that it removes the effusion without ...
John Forbes, 1833
10
The Principles and Pratice of Medicine
However, sometimes it does not ; and then it is well, when you give purgatives, to exhibit those which are called hydragogue; which cause very watery stools. That, in general, will answer every purpose. Purgatives are exceedingly beneficial, ...
John Elliotson, 1839

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYDRAGOGUE»

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The powder is irritating to mucous membranes, strongly hydragogue, cathartic and is usually administered mixed with other drugs on account of ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

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