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hydragogue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-dr-a-gogue
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.

Archaic

noun

Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin hydragogus (“conveying off water”), from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγός (hudragōgós, “to lead”). Compare French hydragogue.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hydragogus, ὑδραγωγός

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydragogues (plural)

Questions

What does hydragogue mean?
Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
Where does hydragogue come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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