emmenagogue

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; Cotton_, Eng Uses.--The root bark is antiasthmatic, emmenagogue, and according to Daruty [4] is a substitute for ergot in uterine hemorrhage.

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  1. Greek emmēna, the menses (from neuter pl. of emmēnos, monthly : en-, in; see en-2 + mēn, month; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots) + -agogue.

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  1. = French emménagogue = Spanish emenagogo = Portuguese Italian emmenagogo, from New Latin *emmenagogus, from Greek ἐμμηνα, menses (neuter plural of ἐμμηνος, monthly, from ἐν, in, + μήν = Latin mensis, a month), + ἀγωγός, leading, drawing forth, from ἀγειν, lead.
 

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/ɛˈmɛnəgɑg/
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