Definition of Emulgent

1. a. Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins.

2. n. A medicine that excites the flow of bile.

Definition of Emulgent

1. Adjective. Of a straining or purifying process ¹

2. Adjective. (medicine) Of the renal arteries and veins ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) A substance promoting bile or urine production ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emulgent

1. acting as a drain for [adj]

Medical Definition of Emulgent

1. Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein. Origin: L. Emulgens, p. Pr. Of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. Emulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine. A medicine that excites the flow of bile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emulgent

emulation
emulations
emulative
emulatively
emulator
emulators
emulatory
emulatress
emulatresses
emulatrix
emule
emuled
emules
emulge
emulged
emulgent (current term)
emulges
emulging
emuling
emulous
emulously
emulousness
emulousnesses
emulsible
emulsic
emulsic acid
emulsifiable
emulsification
emulsifications
emulsified

Literary usage of Emulgent

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

1. The surgical anatomy of the arteries of the human body. 2 vols. [in 1]. by Robert Harrison (1833)
"THE renal or emulgent arteries arise between the two mesenteric arteries, they are the largest branches ot the abdominal ..."

2. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the End of the Year MDCC by Royal Society (Great Britain)., John Lowthorp (1749)
"... we tied the Trunk of the Vena Cava above the Heart, fo that nothing might pafs that way j and the Trunk of the emulgent and that of the Vena Cava having ..."

3. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"In the right Side, this Body had two emulgent Arteries ; the one entering the ... a Vein from the Trunk of the Vena Cava, but the left from the emulgent. ..."

4. An Experimental Inquiry on Some Parts of the Animal Structureby Sir Clifton Wintringham by Sir Clifton Wintringham (1740)
"'Proportion of the Fluid in the Cavity of'the EmUlgent Artery to its containing ... ir The Strength of the emulgent Vein, compared with that of a common ..."

5. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"Thirdly, they have their lail arteries fent upwards to them from the emulgent artery, or artery of the kidney. They are named the lower CAPSULAR ARTERIES. ..."

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