Lithagogue
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lithagogue is a noun meaning (medicine, archaic) Any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
Meaning
(medicine, archaic) Any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
Example Sentences
seeds were formerly used as a lithagogue, or expeller of the stone in the bladder
Word Forms
- lithagogues
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lithuresis, litholysis, lithic, lithotrite, lithate, lithotrity.
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