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  • noun See emmenagogue.

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  • noun Alternative form of emmenagogue.

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Examples

  • It is the amiable diuretic as great as an emenagogue.

    Islamic Healing A-Z A's admin 2009

  • It is the amiable diuretic as great as an emenagogue.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • The root of the Alizari (rubia tinctoria) is considered as an emenagogue by the nomadic Turucks, and during childbed the same remedy is resorted to to call forth the lochia when once checked.

    Labor Among Primitive Peoples 1884

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