Hydragogue is a 10 letter English word.
You can make 443 anagrams from letters in hydragogue (adegghoruy).
1630-40; Latin hydragōgus Greek hydragōgós water-conveying, equivalent to hydr- hydr-1 + agōgós leading, guiding (see -agogue)
Used in frictions on the abdomen as a hydragogue purgative, in mania, dropsy, &c.
Cathartics, especially those of a hydragogue nature, are also very beneficial.
Purgatives and hydragogue cathartics usually fail to give relief, and add much to the patient's discomfort.
It is a powerful irritant, and is employed medicinally as a drastic and hydragogue cathartic.
First in point of efficacy for this purpose are the hydragogue cathartics.
The highly irritable and congested intestinal mucous membrane precludes the employment of hydragogue cathartics.