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EMMENAGOGUE

\ˈɛmənˌaɡɒɡ], \ˈɛmənˌaɡɒɡ], \ˈɛ_m_ə_n_ˌa_ɡ_ɒ_ɡ]\

Definitions of EMMENAGOGUE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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any agent that promotes menstrual discharge

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

any agent that promotes menstrual discharge

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A menstrual stimulant.

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

A drug that promotes the menstrual flow ; used also adjectively.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Any agent which increases the menstrual flow. Having power to excite the menstrual discharge. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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