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melanagogue

melanagogue noun: a medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

Noun

melanagogue (plural melanagogues)

  1. (obsolete) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

Forms of melanagogue

pluralmelanagogues

Origin of melanagogue

From melano- + -agogue.

Questions about melanagogue

What does melanagogue mean?
Melanagogue means a medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.
What part of speech is melanagogue?
Melanagogue is a noun.
What is the plural of melanagogue?
The plural of melanagogue is melanagogues.

Words near melanagogue in the dictionary

  1. melampyrine
  2. melampyrite
  3. Melan
  4. melanaemia
  5. melanaemic
  6. melanagogue
  7. melanagogues
  8. melanaphore
  9. melanate
  10. melanated
  11. melanates

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