lithagogue en · NOUN
Etymology
Ancient Greek
Meanings
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(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 bladder
1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, “LITHOSPERMUM”, in Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lithagogues | Number=Plur | lexicographic |