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  1. emulgentnoun

    A substance promoting bile or urine production

  2. emulgentadjective

    Of a straining or purifying process

  3. emulgentadjective

    Of the renal arteries and veins

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Emulgentadjective

    pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins

  2. Emulgentnoun

    an emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein

  3. Emulgentnoun

    a medicine that excites the flow of bile

  4. 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

  1. 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.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of emulgent in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of emulgent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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