| 单词 |
phlegmagogue |
| 释义 |
phlegmagogue|ˈflɛgməgɒg| [a. F. phlegmagogue, OF. fleumagogue (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med.L. phlegmagōgus, a. Gr. ϕλεγµαγωγός, f. ϕλέγµα phlegm + ἀγωγός drawing forth.] A medicine for expelling phlegm. Now rare.
[1657Physical Dict., Phlegmagogon, purgers of flegm.] 1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. li. 570 Electuary of Jallap..is a good Phlegmagogue. 1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 248 Phlegmagogues or those [medicines] which draw off pitious Matter or Phlegm by Stool. So phlegmagogal |-ˈgəʊgəl| a., having the property of expelling phlegm; phlegmagogic |-ˈgɒdʒɪk|, a. = prec.; n. = phlegmagogue.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 115 Some are called Phlegmagogall which purge Phlegme. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. 144 Mercury..with..some phlegmagogick Extract. |

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