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

On the skin its action is that of a diaphoretic, and being also excreted by the bile it acts slightly as a cholagogue.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

"You have got it bad this time," Peter said, suggesting the doctor, and more quinine and cholagogue, and a dose of Warburg's Tincture.

From The Cromptons by Holmes, Mary Jane

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