cholagogue

American  

[koh-luh-gawg, -gog, kol-uh-] / ˈkoʊ ləˌgɔg, -ˌgɒg, ˈkɒl ə- /

adjective

1. Also cholagogic promoting the flow of bile.

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noun

1. a cholagogue agent.

cholagogue British  

/ ˈkɒləɡɒɡ /

noun

1. a drug or other substance that promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder into the duodenum

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Other Word Forms

• cholagogic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cholagogue

1605–15; < French < Greek cholagōgós. See chol-, -agogue

Example Sentences

In past times fumitory was in esteem for its reputed cholagogue and other medicinal properties; and in England, boiled in water, milk or whey, it was used as a cosmetic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

He used instead small doses of tartar emetic, or more recently, of ipecacuanha frequently repeated, with low diet; or cholagogue purgatives combined with ipecacuanha, etc.

From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Peter, Robert

However, the potent influence of sunshine, quinine, and cholagogue speedily won their way, and in a few years malaria had become a mere reminiscence.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

He lived in Richmond, and, to keep him free from fever-and-ague, my brother dosed him freely with cholagogue whenever he came down into the malarial country.

From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Lee, Robert Edward, General

The gall-bladder is also stimulated, and the biliary function of the liver, so that colocynth is both an excretory and a secretory cholagogue.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various