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hydragogue

hydragogue adjective: causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.

Adjective

hydragogue (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.

Noun

hydragogue (plural hydragogues)

  1. (archaic) Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

hydragogue meaning in Tamil

hydragogue in Tamil

நீர் வெளியிறக்கத்திற்குக் காரணமான

Forms of hydragogue

pluralhydragogues

Origin of hydragogue

From Latin hydragogus (“conveying off water”), from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγός (hudragōgós, “to lead”). Compare French hydragogue.

Questions about hydragogue

What does hydragogue mean?
Hydragogue means causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
What is hydragogue in Tamil?
Hydragogue in Tamil is நீர் வெளியிறக்கத்திற்குக் காரணமான. See Hydragogue meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydragogue?
Hydragogue can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hydragogue in the dictionary

  1. hydraeroplane
  2. hydraeroplanes
  3. hydraform
  4. hydragog
  5. hydragogs
  6. hydragogue
  7. hydragogues
  8. hydrail
  9. hydralazine
  10. hydralazines
  11. hydralike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydragogue (page history and authors); hydragogue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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