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Purgative - English meaning

Purgative – definitions in English dictionary

adjective

Strongly laxative in effect.

Usage examples:

The laxative and purgative properties of senna were discovered in the 9th century by the arabs, who…

Synonims:

LaxativeAperientLenitiveCatharticEvacuantPurgingEccoprotic
noun

A laxative.

Usage examples:

A widely employed and useful purgative

Synonims:

LaxativeEnemaAperientLenitiveCatharticEvacuantPurgeEccoprotic
noun

A substance that makes you empty your bowels

Usage examples:

Prunes can have a purgative effect., purgative medicines stimulate stomach and intestines.

Purgative translation into English

Purgative: translate from English into Chinese

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泻药, 净化的

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Zuiverend, Purgeermiddel, Purgerend

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Purgatif

Purgative: translate from English into German

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Abführmittel, Abführend, Purgativ, Läuternd

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रेचक, दस्त लानेवाली, पेट साफ़ करनेवाली, जुलाब

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Purgante, Purgativo

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깨끗이 하는, 변통약

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Слабительное, Слабительный, Очистительный

Purgative: translate from English into Spanish

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Purgante, Purgativo

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French purgatif, -ive, from late Latin purgativus, from purgat- ‘purified’, from the verb purgare (see purge).

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Purgative synonims

aperient

adjective

(chiefly of a drug) used to relieve constipation.

Usage examples:

The routine use of triphala each morning is thought to detoxify the body and restore the integrity …
noun

A drug used to relieve constipation.

Usage examples:

The aperient to which the author appears to give the preference over all others is senna.
Aperient - all meanings in English

eccoprotic

noun

A medicine which has a laxative effect.

Usage examples:

He prescribes purgative medicines to act as eccoprotics, to excite but not to stimulate the bowels.
Eccoprotic - all meanings in English

enema

noun

A procedure in which liquid or gas is injected into the rectum, to expel its contents or to introduce drugs or permit x-ray imaging.

Usage examples:

A barium enema is a procedure, done through a special x-ray, for examining the large bowel.
noun

A treatment for cleaning the bowels by filling them with a liquid through the anus

Enema - all meanings in English

evacuant

adjective

(of a medicine or treatment) acting to induce some kind of bodily discharge.

noun

An evacuant medicine, such as a laxative, an emetic, or a sudorific.

Usage examples:

For constipation common remedies were liquorice powder, nyalls figsen (californian syrup of figs), …
Evacuant - all meanings in English

laxative

adjective

(chiefly of a drug or medicine) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels.

Usage examples:

Laxative drugs
noun

A medicine which has a laxative effect.

Usage examples:

He may prescribe a laxative to ease the congestion
Laxative - all meanings in English

lenitive

adjective

(of a medicine) laxative.

Usage examples:

The leaves, and to a lesser extent the flowers, are mildly diuretic, emollient, lenitive and mildly…
noun

A laxative.

Usage examples:

He suggests, as lenitives, senna with pulp of tamarind or oil of sweet almonds.
Lenitive - all meanings in English

purge

verb

Rid (someone or something) of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling.

Usage examples:

Bob had helped purge martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her
noun

An abrupt or violent removal of a group of people.

Usage examples:

Many of us live in fear of a purge
Purge - all meanings in English

purging

ˈpɜː.dʒɪŋ

noun

The abrupt or violent removal of a group of people from an organization or place.

Usage examples:

The purging of middle management in the recession was a seriously flawed strategy
verb

Rid (someone or something) of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling.

Usage examples:

Bob had helped purge martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her
noun

The act of getting rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them

Usage examples:

He then announced a large-scale purging of the federal police., power was smoothly transferred from…
Purging - all meanings in English

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