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
E*mul"gent, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] Hoblyn.
EMULOUS
Em"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. aemulus. See Emulate.]
1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; — with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.
EMULOUSLY
Em"u*lous*ly, adv.