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Definition of Galactagogue
1. Noun. Agent that induces milk secretion.
Definition of Galactagogue
1. n. An agent exciting secretion of milk.
Definition of Galactagogue
1. Noun. A substance that induces lactation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Galactagogue
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Galactagogue
Literary usage of Galactagogue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"SECTION V. CHAPTER 8 galactagogue ORGANOTHERAPY The appreciation of the factors
... It is now established that mammary extract is a galactagogue. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"Brit, and For. Med.-Chirurg. Review, April, 1853. 13. galactagogue and Emmenagogue
Effects of warm and stimulating Applications to the ..."
3. Infant Feeding and Its Influence on Life, Or, The Causes and Prevention of by Charles Henry Felix Routh (1879)
"Dietetic: Animal Soups, Vegetable aliments, galactagogue Drinks, Beer, Wine, etc.
1. THE third variety of lactation met with is the defective. ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by James Braithwaite, William Braithwaite (1864)
"... necessary to do so, that in all the cases the mothers did well.—Medical Times
and Gazette, Dec. 19, 1863, p. 641. 89.—THE galactagogue PROPERTIES OF ..."
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