different between pedagogue vs galactagogue

English

Alternative forms

• pædagogue
• pedagog
• paedagogue

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedag?gus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (paidag?gós), from ???? (paîs, “child”) + ?????? (ag?gós, “guide”) (from ??? (ág?, “lead”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?d????/

Noun

pedagogue (plural pedagogues)

1. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.

   • Jones chid the pedagogue for his interruption, and then the stranger proceeded.

2. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
   • a. 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, essay

     And now I have gone thus far, perhaps you will think me some pedagogue, willing, by a well-timed puff, to increase the reputation of his own school

3. (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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Verb

pedagogue (third-person singular simple present pedagogues, present participle pedagoguing, simple past and past participle pedagogued)

1. To teach.

References

• Pedagogue in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Middle French

Etymology

First attested circa 1371, borrowed from Latin paedag?gus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (paidag?gós).

Noun

pedagogue m (plural pedagogues)

1. pedagogue (one who teaches a child)

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (gálaktos) (genitive of ???? (gála, “milk”)) + ?????? (ag?gós, “guide”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???læk.t?.???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???læk.t?.???/
• Hyphenation US: ga?lac?ta?gogue, UK: gal?ac?ta?gogue

Noun

galactagogue (plural galactagogues)

1. A substance that induces lactation.
   • 2005, Jan Riordan, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 3rd Edition, page 303,

     Galactagogues are agents that promote milk production, such as drugs, herbs, or foods. […] Domperidone, though not commercially available in the United States, is used as a galactagogue in other countries.

   • 2009, Gerald G. Briggs, Michael P. Nageotte, Diseases, Complications, and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics: A Guide for Clinicians, page 44,

     The safety of dopamine antagonists has not been adequately studied when used as galactagogues, but all have potential safety concerns for mothers, infants, or both.

     Fenugreek is an herbal product that is frequently used as a galactagogue, although no scientific evidence exists on its use for this purpose.

   • 2011, Marsha Walker, Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence, page 592,

     It is estimated that at least 15% of breastfeeding women use herbal galactagogues at some point (The National Children?s Study, 2003).

Related terms

• galactagogic
• galactorrhea
• demagogue
• pedagogue
• synagogue

Translations

See also

• lactogenesis

French

Noun

galactagogue m (plural galactagogues)

1. galactagogue

Adjective

galactagogue (plural galactagogues)

1. galactagogic