Definition of Hydragogue:

A diuretic that largely increases the amount of water in the urine, owing to raising arterial pressure, locally or generally: digitalis, strophanthus, spirit of ethyl nitrite, nitrites, squill, cimicifuga, scoparius [Culbreth1927, pg 44].

Is this the same thing as an aquaretic? Is is a subclassification? [ORWJr].

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