Definition of "cholagogue" []

• Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile. (noun)

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• "This may be the case for laxatives, cough mixtures, anti-diarrhoea, cholagogue and dermatological preparations."
• "To increase the activity of the liver, salicylate of soda may often be advantageously administered for its cholagogue effect; or resort may be had to saline purgatives such as are afforded by the springs of"
• "However, the potent influence of sunshine, quinine, and cholagogue speedily won their way, and in a few years malaria had become"