adj
Meaning 1
Of a straining or purifying process.
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adj
Of a straining or purifying process.
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adj
Of the renal arteries and veins.
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noun
A substance promoting bile or urine production
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noun
A renal artery or vein.
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History
From Latin emulgens, present participle of emulgere (“to milk out”); so called because the kidney was regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.