-agogue Definition

əgäg, əgôg
suffix
A substance that stimulates the flow of.
Emmenagogue.
American Heritage

(medicine) Something that stimulates a flow.

Wiktionary

Someone who leads.

Wiktionary
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A substance that induces the secretion of.
Galactagogue.
Webster's New World

Origin of -agogue

  • French from Late Latin -agōgus from Greek -agōgos from agōgos drawing off from agein to lead, drive ag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἀγωγός (agōgos, “leading”), from ἄγω (agō, “I lead”).

    From Wiktionary

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