melanagogue

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melanagogue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Melanagogue \Me*lan"a*gogue\, n. [Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black +
     ? leading, driving, ? to lead.] (Med.)
     A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]