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adj
Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
From Latin hydragogus (“conveying off water”), from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγός (hudragōgós, “to lead”). Compare French hydragogue.
