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Watery Hydragogue Webster's International Dictionary Unabridged Hy·Dra·Gogue Noun

Title hydragogue
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
hy·dra·gogue
noun
also hydragog \ˈhīdrəˌgäg\
(-s)
Etymology: obsolete hydragogue, adjective, causing a watery discharge from the bowels, from Late Latin hydragogus, from Greek hydragōgos, from hydr- + agōgos leading, drawing forth — more at 
-agogue
: a cathartic that causes copious watery discharges from the bowels

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