Purgative

['pɜːgətɪv] or ['pɝɡətɪv]

Definition

(noun.) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels.

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Definition

(a.) Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.

(n.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.

n. Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Evacuant, cathartic, abstergent

ANT:Binding,[See ABSTERSIVE]

Editor: Nat