Definitions For Emulgent

Noun

EMULGENT (plural EMULGENTs) (medicine) A substance promoting bile or urine production A renal artery or vein.

Adjective

{{en-adj, ?}} Of a straining#noun, straining or purifying#noun, purifying process#noun, process. (medicine) Of the renal artery, arteries and veins. }}

Etymology

{{etyl, la, en}} {{lena}} emulgens, present participle of emulgere, , to milk out; so called because the kidney was regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.

Is Emulgent a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
16

The word Emulgent is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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