单词 | melanagogue |
释义 | † melanagogue Med. Obs. Also erron. 8 melano-. [a. F. mélanagogue, f. Gr. µελαν-, µέλας black + ἀγωγός leading, drawing.] A medicine supposed to expel ‘black bile’. Hence † melanaˈgogal a., having the property of expelling ‘black bile’.
[1657Phys. Dict., Melanogogon, purgers of melancholy.] 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 115 Other [pills are called] Melanagogall which purge and move Melancholicall succe. 1683Salmon Doron Med. i. iii. 34 Sena..is one of the best Melanagogues in Nature. 1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 250 Melanagogues, which are supposed to draw or carry off the black Matter. |

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