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1. (adj.) purgative
purging or cleansing, esp. by causing evacuation of the bowels.
2. (n.) purgative
a purgative medicine or agent; cathartic.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME purgatyf (< MF) < LL pūrgātīvus=
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| Definition of 'purgative' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
2. (adj) cathartic, evacuant, purgative
strongly laxative
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1. (adj) purgative
having the power or quality of purging; cathartic
2. (noun) purgative
a purging medicine; a cathartic
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Sense: (a medicine) which clears waste matter out of the body.
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 Afrikaans: purgeermiddel |
 Arabic: مُطَهِّر |
 Bulgarian: разслабително |
 Brazilian: purgante |
 Czech: projímadlo; projímavý |
 German: abführend |
 Danish: afføringsmiddel |
 Greek: καθαρτικός |
 Spanish: purgante |
 Estonian: kõhu-lahtisti |
 Farsi: هر چیز پاکساز؛ پالاینده |
 Finnish: ulostuslääke |
 French: purgatif |
 Hebrew: תְרוּפָה מְשַלשֶלֶת |
 Hindi: शोधक |
 Hungarian: hashajtó |
 Indonesian: pencahar |
 Icelandic: laxerandi/búkhreinsandi l |
 Italian: purgativo, purgante |
 Japanese: 下剤の |
 Korean: 변통의, 하제의 |
 Lithuanian: vidurių paleidžiamasis (v |
 Latvian: caurejas līdzeklis; caure |
 Malay: pencahar |
 Dutch: laxeermiddel |
 Norwegian: avføringsmiddel |
 Polish: przeczyszczający |
 Persian: هر چیز پاکساز؛ پالاینده |
 Pashto: پاكوونكى |
 Portuguese: purgante |
 Romanian: purgativ |
 Russian: слабительное |
 Slovak: preháňadlo; na prehnatie |
 Slovenian: odvajalo |
 Serbian: purgativ |
 Swedish: laxermedel |
 Thai: ที่ระบายท้อง |
 Turkish: müshil (ilâcı) |
 Taiwanese: 通便的 |
 Ukrainian: проносне |
 Urdu: مسہل، دست آور |
 Vietnamese: thuốc xổ |
 Chinese: 通便的 |
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