Lexic.us

Definition of Emictory

1. a. & n. Diuretic.

Definition of Emictory

1. promoting urine flow [adj]

Medical Definition of Emictory

1. An agent that promotes the excretion of urine. Origin: Gr. Diouretikos = promoting urine This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emictory

Literary usage of Emictory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days by Elbert Hubbard (1914)
"A seraphic embryon ; a smooth bore ; a bit of sandpaper applied to all forms of originality by the publisher- proprietor ; an emictory. ENEMY : 1. ..."

2. The New General and Mining Telegraph Code by Charles Algernon Moreing, Thomas Neal (1907)
"A reserve fund of emictory . Sinking fund Emigrating The only available funds are those derivable from Emilian . Out of the fund arising from Eminence. ..."

3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"emictory (i-mic'to-ri). Diuretic. Emigration-(im-i-gre'shpn). [L. e out + mi- gra're to wander.] The passage of leucocytes through the walls of a ..."

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