Dictionary entry

Emulgent

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E‐mul″gent (?), a. [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.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. — n. An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.