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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

μέλας

μέλανος

, black + [GREEK] leading, driving, [GREEK] to lead.]

(Med.)

A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

[Obs.]

Noun.

melan'agog. [Gr. black, and to drive.]

A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

melanagogue ‎(plural melanagogues)