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purgative

noun

1 purgative

A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels.

synonyms: aperient, cathartic, physic.

Roget 652: cleanness, cleanliness etc. adj.; purity; cleaning etc. v.; purification, defecation etc. v.; purgation, lustration; ... show more

Dutch: geneeskunde, laxans, laxatief, laxeermiddel, purgans, purgatief, purgeerdrank, purgeermiddel
Polish: lek przeczyszczający, środek przeczyszczający

adjective

1 purgative

Strongly laxative.

synonyms: cathartic, evacuant.


Moby thesaurus: abstergent, alleviating, alleviative, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, aperient, apologetic, ascetic, assuasive, atoning, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, carminative, cathartic, cleaner, cleaning, cleaning agent, cleaning solvent ... show more.

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