-agogue

-agogue
a combining form with the meaning "leader, bringer," of that named by the initial element, occurring in loanwords from Greek (demagogue; pedagogue); used also in medical terms that denote substances inducing the expulsion or secretion of that named by the initial element (cholagogue; hemagogue).
Also, -agog.
[ < Gk -agogos, -e, -on, akin to ágein to lead, c. L agere to lead, drive, ON aka to carry, convey]

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