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cholagoguenoun
Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile.
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Cholagogue
A cholagogue is a substance that is purported by humoral practitioners to encourage the discharge of bile from the system, purging it downward. Deployment is no longer recommended because the biliary purge, like the traditional kidney purge, can cause pancreatic problems. In Patrick O'Brian's Post Captain (Ch. 10), which is set in the Napoleonic era, Stephen Maturin, one of the book's main characters (who is also a physician, naturalist and spy) sits in the snug of the Rose and Crown in Deal, Kent, and drinks a "good" tea described as an "unrivalled cholagogue". Cyclovalone is a choleretic and cholagogic agent.
Webster Dictionary
Cholagogueadjective
promoting the discharge of bile from the system
Cholagoguenoun
an agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system
Etymology: [Gr. cholagwgo`s; cholh` bile + 'agwgo`s leading, 'a`gein to lead: cf. F. cholagogue.]
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Cholagogue
A cholagogue is a medicinal agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system, purging it downward. In Patrick O'Brian's Post Captain, which is set in the Napoleonic era, Stephen Maturin, one of the book's main characters sits in the snug of the Rose and Crown in Deal, Kent, and drinks a "good" tea described as an "unrivalled cholagogue".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cholagogue
kol′a-gog, n. a purgative causing evacuations of bile.—adj. Cholagog′ic. [Gr. cholē, bile, agōgos, leading.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cholagogue in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cholagogue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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