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English
Etymology
Latin emulgens, present participle of emulgere (“to milk out”); so called because the kidney was regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.
Adjective
emulgent
- Of a straining or purifying process.
- (medicine) Of the renal arteries and veins.
1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: , London: Printed for George Strahan , →OCLC, § XXXV, page 213:By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, […]
1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 49:...the kidneys, plac'd at the extremities of two large blood-vessels, the emulgent vein and artery, derived from the great vein and artery, very soon after their parting at the heart, the fountain of circulation.
Noun
emulgent (plural emulgents)
- (medicine) A substance promoting bile or urine production
- A renal artery or vein.
Latin
Verb
ēmulgent
- third-person plural present active indicative of ēmulgeō