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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

emmenagogue

/uh-men-uh-gawg, -gog, uh-mee-nuh-/US // əˈmɛn əˌgɔg, -ˌgɒg, əˈmi nə- //UK // (ɪˈmɛnəˌɡɒɡ, -ˈmiː-) //

妇产科医生,妇产科,妇科病,妇科医生

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a medicine or procedure that promotes menstrual discharge.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also em·men·a·gog·ic [uh-men-uh-goj-ik, -gog-, uh-mee-nuh-]. /əˌmɛn əˈgɒdʒ ɪk, -ˈgɒg-, əˌmi nə-/. stimulating the menstrual flow.

Examples

  • The natives of Cochin China, reasoning in an opposite manner, prescribe it as emmenagogue.

  • The bark especially is a powerful emmenagogue, used in some countries for criminal purposes.

  • The decoction is prescribed internally as an emmenagogue and demulcent and externally as a lotion.

  • The seeds are emollient, laxative, diuretic and emmenagogue; they contain an oil to which we shall refer presently.

  • The root is tonic, febrifuge and expectorant and the fruit nervine and emmenagogue according to the Sanscrit writer.

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