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CHOLAGOGUE

\t͡ʃˈɒlɐɡˌɒɡ], \t‍ʃˈɒlɐɡˌɒɡ], \tʃ_ˈɒ_l_ɐ_ɡ_ˌɒ_ɡ]\

Definitions of CHOLAGOGUE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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1. Promoting the flow of bile. 2. An agent which increases the flow of bile.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Purgative causing evacuation of bile.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A medicine to evacuate bile.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The ancients give this name to cathartics, which were reputed to cause the flow of bile.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A medicine which promotes the discharge of bile.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A medicine which produces a flow of bile. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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