Definition of Hydragog

1. a purgative causing watery discharges [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydragog

hydr-
hydracetin
hydrachnid
hydrachnids
hydracid
hydracids
hydracrylic
hydracrylic acid
hydractinian
hydractinians
hydradenitis
hydradenoma
hydrae
hydraemia
hydraemic oedema
hydragog (current term)
hydragogs
hydragogue
hydragogues
hydralazine
hydralazine hydrochloride
hydralazine syndrome
hydralazines
hydralike
hydrallostane
hydram
hydramide
hydramides
hydramine
hydramines

Literary usage of Hydragog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diagnostic Therapeutics: A Guide for Practitioners in Diagnosis by Aid of by Albert Abrams (1910)
"The hydragog cathartics promote absorption. Supposing we are in doubt whether a dullness in a given thoracic region or abdomen is dependent on fluid. ..."

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