Med. Also 8 cholagog, chologogue. [a. F. cholagogue, f. mod.L. cholagōgum, f. Gr. χολαγωγόν, f. χολ-ή bile + ἀγωγός leading.] A medicine that carries off bile.
1671. Salmon, Syn. Med., 722. Purge with Cholagogues.
1702. J. Young, Plumb-stone, in Phil. Trans., XXIII. 1281. A strong Cholagogue taken for a Jaundice.
1876. Bartholow, Mat. Med. (1879), 201. That mercury … is a cholagogue.
Hence † Cholagogal a., fitted to carry off bile.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 62. Golden pils … are cholagogall.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., 73 ¶ 115. It’s false that a cholagogall medicine will cure bilious diseases.
