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lithagogue

lithagogue noun: any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.

Noun

lithagogue (plural lithagogues)

  1. (archaic) Any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
    • seeds were formerly used as a lithagogue, or expeller of the stone in the bladder1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, “LITHOSPERMUM”, in Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia

lithagogue meaning in Tamil

lithagogue in Tamil

உடல் உறுப்புக்கல் அகற்றள், உடல் கல் அகற்றல் சிகிச்சை

Forms of lithagogue

plurallithagogues

Origin of lithagogue

Ancient Greek

Questions about lithagogue

What does lithagogue mean?
Lithagogue means any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
What is lithagogue in Tamil?
Lithagogue in Tamil is உடல் உறுப்புக்கல் அகற்றள், உடல் கல் அகற்றல் சிகிச்சை. See Lithagogue meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lithagogue?
Lithagogue is a noun.
What is the plural of lithagogue?
The plural of lithagogue is lithagogues.

Words near lithagogue in the dictionary

  1. Lith.
  2. Litha
  3. lithaemia
  4. lithaemias
  5. lithaemic
  6. lithagogue
  7. lithagogues
  8. lithal
  9. lithalsa
  10. lithalsas
  11. litham

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