emagogum (s.xiii2/4)
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emagogum (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF:  hémagogue  OED:  haemagogue a. and n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  haemagogus 1128b
 
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1pharm.haemagogue, medicinal preparation that induces the flow of (menstrual) blood: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si li flux menstruel est retenue solonc nature, [...] Emagogum si est bon a doner en ceste cure et si est bon a doner le vin de la deco[c]tion de savine et de diptani. Et le face l’en seiner de la veine du quiville du pié [...]  i 241
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