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Webster 1913 Edition

Emulgent

E-mul′gent

,
Adj.
[L.
emulgens
, p. pr. of
emulgere
to milk out: cf. F.
émulgent
. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the kidneys; renal;
as,
emulgent
arteries and veins
.
–
Noun.
An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.

E-mul′gent

,
Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine that excites the flow of bile.
[Obs.]
Hoblyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emulgent

EMULG'ENT

,
Adj.
[L. emulgeo; e and mulgeo, to milk out.]
Milking or draining out. In anatomy, the emulgent or renal arteries are those which supply the kidneys with blood, being sometimes single, sometimes double. The emulgent veins return the blood, after the urine is secreted. This the ancients considered as a milking or straining of the serum whence the name.

EMULG'ENT

,
Noun.
An emulgent vessel.

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