Definitions for cholagogue

cholagogue cho·la·gogue

Spelling: [koh-luh-gawg, -gog, kol-uh-]
IPA: /ˈkoʊ ləˌgɔg, -ˌgɒg, ˈkɒl ə-/

Cholagogue is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 281 anagrams from letters in cholagogue (acegghloou).

Definitions for cholagogue

noun

  1. a cholagogue agent.

adjective

  1. Also, cholagogic [koh-luh-goj-ik, kol-uh-] /ˌkoʊ ləˈgɒdʒ ɪk, ˌkɒl ə-/ (Show IPA). promoting the flow of bile.

Origin of cholagogue

1605-15; French Greek cholagōgós. See chol-, -agogue

Examples for cholagogue

On the skin its action is that of a diaphoretic, and being also excreted by the bile it acts slightly as a cholagogue.

cholagogue, kol′a-gog, n. a purgative causing evacuations of bile.

He did not suspect that the quinine went into the fire, and the cholagogue down the drain-pipe from the washstand.

On the other hand, if you give him a cholagogue, you will produce an abundant evacuation and not injure him at all.

A cholagogue, on the other hand, clears away a great quantity of bile, and the skin of patients so treated at once becomes clear.

It might therefore be supposed that Colchicum too acted as a cholagogue.

cholagogue was a fever-and-argue remedy of which I partook largely at that time.

Quinine, cholagogue, and whiskey were prescribed in large quantities, and Peter wondered why they failed to cure.

Oxbile has long been credited with a cholagogue action, which, however, has probably been greatly overestimated.

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