Emulgent Definition

adjective
Of a straining or purifying process.
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(medicine) Of the renal arteries and veins.
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noun
(medicine) A substance promoting bile or urine production.
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A renal artery or vein.
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Other Word Forms of Emulgent

Noun

Singular:
emulgent
Plural:
emulgents

Origin of Emulgent

  • 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.

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