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emul·gent
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emulgentnoun
A substance promoting bile or urine production
emulgentadjective
Of a straining or purifying process
emulgentadjective
Of the renal arteries and veins
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Emulgentadjective
Etymology: emulgens, Latin.
Its descent doth furnish the left emulgent with one vein, and the first vein of the loins on the right side with another. Brown.
Through the emulgent branches the blood is brought to the kidneys, and is there freed of its serum. George Cheyne, Phil. Princ.
Webster Dictionary
Emulgentadjective
pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins
Emulgentnoun
an emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein
Emulgentnoun
a medicine that excites the flow of bile
Etymology: [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. mulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Emulgent
e-mul′jent, adj. milking or draining out, chiefly referring to the action of the kidneys. [L. emulgens, -entis, pr.p. of emulgēre, to milk.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of emulgent in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of emulgent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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