Definition of Purgative. Meaning of Purgative. Synonyms of Purgative

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Definition of Purgative

Purgative
Purgative Pur"ga*tive, a. [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.] Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.

Meaning of Purgative from wikipedia

- Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. They are used to treat and prevent constipation. Laxatives...
- vision of God; deification; union with God The three aspects later became purgative, illuminative, and unitive in the western churches and prayer of the lips...
- 1578 as "lignum pavanae". The oil, used in herbal medicine as a violent purgative, is extracted from its seeds. Currently, it is considered unsafe and it...
- complicated by the treatments, including multiple doses of calomel, a purgative, and extensive bloodletting which likely caused hypovolemic shock. Washington...
- co-dominant in the calcareous shrublands in which it occurs, it is a purgative. Botanical illustration Habit Spent flower "Globularia alypum L." Plants...
- similar. Elaterine is the cucurbitacin extract used in ancient history as a purgative in folk medicine. Extracted from the juice of the fruit of E. elaterium...
- been believed useful as a treatment for malaria, an abortifacient, a purgative, or smoked to relieve asthma. Babaco Contreras, A. (2016). "Carica papaya"...
- sedative C****ia occidentalis or C****ia alata Totoncaxi****tl Astringent, purgative, anthelmintic, relieves fever, inflammation of rashes Chenopodium graveolens...
- Galen (2nd century AD) disagreed with the use of surgery and recommended purgatives instead. These recommendations largely stood for 1000 years. In the 15th...
- as pogroms. Sometimes the word is used to describe publicly sanctioned purgative attacks against non-Jewish groups. The characteristics of a pogrom vary...