phlegmagogue

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φλεγμαγωγός (phlegmagōgós).

Noun

phlegmagogue (plural phlegmagogues)

  1. (obsolete) Any medicine supposed to expel phlegm (the humor).

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