Definition of Sialagogues

1. Noun. (plural of sialagogue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sialagogues

1. sialagogue [n] - See also: sialagogue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialagogues

shysterish
shysterism
shysters
siRNA
siRNAs
si op. sit
si quis
siaga
sial
sial-
sialaden
sialadenitis
sialadenoncus
sialadenotropic
sialagogue
sialagogues (current term)
sialate 9-O-lactoyltransferase
sialate O-acetylesterase
sialectasis
sialemesis
sialic
sialic acid
sialic acid O-acetyltransferase
sialic acid permease
sialic acids
sialid
sialidan
sialidans
sialidase
sialidases

Literary usage of Sialagogues

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

1. The American Eclectic Materia Medica & Therapeutics by John Milton Scudder (1898)
"The more stimulating or pungent sialagogues are used as ... sanguin- aria, mezereon, capsicum, piper, nicotina, etc., are occasionally used as sialagogues. ..."

2. The Medical formulary by Benjamin Ellis (1864)
"THOSE medicines which increase the salivary secretion are denominated sialagogues. In forming these into a class in this place, we trespass on the ..."

3. The Practitioner's Handbook of Treatment, Or, The Principles of Therapeutics by J. Milner Fothergill (1887)
"sialagogues.—This is a class of agents with which we are not very familiar, and little can be said about them. All sapid and acrid tasting materials cause ..."

4. Synopsis of the course of lectures on materia medica and pharmacy by Joseph Carson (1855)
"sialagogues. SUBSTANCES which produce salivary discharge are designated by this ... sialagogues act by a local impression, and are productive of beneficial ..."

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