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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMULGENT

a.[L. emulgeo; e and mulgeo, to milk out. ] Milking or draining out. In anatomy, the emulgent or renal arteries are those which supply the kidneys with blood, being sometimes single, sometimes double. The emulgent veins return the blood, after the urine is secreted. This the ancients considered as a milking or straining of the serum whence the name.

 

EMULGENT

n.An emulgent vessel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMULGE

E *mulge ", v. t. Etym: [L. emulgere, emulsum; e out + mulgere to milk; akin to E. milk. See Milk. ]

 

Defn: To milk out; to drain. [Obs. ] Bailey.

 

EMULGENT

E *mul "gent, a. Etym: [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. émulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine. ] (Anat. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. -- n.

 

Defn: An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.

 

EMULGENT

EMULGENT E *mul "gent, n. (Med. )

 

Defn: A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs. ] Hoblyn.

 

Spanish Dictionary

emulgente

emulgente adjetivo [arteria, vena ] Que conduce la sangre a los riñones .