Me-lăn'a-gōgue, n.

noun

(me-lăn'a-gōg), n. [Fr. mélanagogue, from Gr. μέλας, μέλαινα, μέλαν, black, and ἀγωγός, leading, driving, from ἄγειν, to lead, drive.]

(Med.) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [Obs.]