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Antisialagogue
Antisialagogue An`ti*si*al"a*gogue, a. (Med.)
Checking the flow of saliva.
Antisialagogue
Antisialagogue An`ti*si*al"a*gogue, n.
A remedy against excessive salivation.
Cholagogue
Cholagogue Chol"a*gogue, a. [Gr. ?; ? bile + ? leading, ? to
lead: cf. F. cholagogue.] (Med.)
Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. -- n. An
agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
EmenagogueEmenagogue E*men"a*gogue, n.
See Emmenagogue. Great SynagogueSynagogue Syn"a*gogue, n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. ? a
bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. ? to bring
together; sy`n with + ? to lead. See Syn-, and Agent.]
1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of
worship, or the performance of religious rites.
2. The building or place appropriated to the religious
worship of the Jews.
3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews,
first appointed after the return from the Babylonish
captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and
sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.
4. A congregation in the early Christian church.
My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue
a man with a gold ring. --James ii.
1,2 (Rev.
Ver.).
5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] --Milton. Helminthagogue
Helminthagogue Hel*min"tha*gogue, n. [Gr. ? a worm + ? to
drive.] (Med.)
A vermifuge.
Hydragogue
Hydragogue Hy"dra*gogue, a. [L. hydragogus conveying off
water, Gr. ?; "y`dwr water + ? to lead: cf. F. hydragogue.]
(Med.)
Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into
any part of the body, as in dropsy. -- n. A hydragogue
medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.
Lithagogue
Lithagogue Lith"a*gogue, n. [Gr. li`qos stone + ? leading.]
(Med.)
A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of
expelling calculous matter with the urine. --Hooper.
Melanagogue
Melanagogue Me*lan"a*gogue, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + ?
leading, driving, ? to lead.] (Med.)
A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [Obs.]
MystagogueMystagogue Mys"ta*gogue, n. [L. mystagogus, Gr. ?; ? one
initiated in mysteries + ? leading, n., a leader, fr. ? to
lead: cf. F. mystagogue. See 1st Mystery.]
1. interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.
2. One who keeps and shows church relics. Pedagogue
Pedagogue Ped"a*gogue, v. t. [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]
To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] --Prior.
Phlegmagogue
Phlegmagogue Phleg"ma*gogue, n. [Gr. ? carrying of phlegm; ?
phlegm + ? to lead.] (Old Med.)
A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Psychagogue
Psychagogue Psy"cha*gogue, n. [Gr.?; ? the soul + ? to lead.]
A necromancer. [R.]
Ptysmagogue
Ptysmagogue Ptys"ma*gogue, n. [Gr. ? spittle + ? driving: cf.
F. ptysmagogue.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.
SynagogueSynagogue Syn"a*gogue, n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. ? a
bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. ? to bring
together; sy`n with + ? to lead. See Syn-, and Agent.]
1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of
worship, or the performance of religious rites.
2. The building or place appropriated to the religious
worship of the Jews.
3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews,
first appointed after the return from the Babylonish
captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and
sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.
4. A congregation in the early Christian church.
My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue
a man with a gold ring. --James ii.
1,2 (Rev.
Ver.).
5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] --Milton.
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