A substance or agent that promotes the production or activity of chloragen in invertebrate metabolism, or an older medical term for substances affecting chlorine balance.
From chlor- + -agogue (leader or promoter), literally 'chlorine leader.' This term combines Greek elements in the medical tradition of naming substances by their presumed effects.
The -agogue suffix appears in words like 'demagogue' and 'pedagogue'—it's one of Greek's most useful building blocks for naming things that 'lead' or 'promote' certain actions or substances.
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