Definition of Purgatives. Meaning of Purgatives. Synonyms of Purgatives

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Definition of Purgatives

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 Purgatives from wikipedia

- Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. They are used to treat and prevent constipation. Laxatives...
- complicated by the treatments, including multiple doses of calomel, a purgative, and extensive bloodletting which likely caused hypovolemic shock. Washington...
- 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...
- Galen (2nd century AD) disagreed with the use of surgery and recommended purgatives instead. These recommendations largely stood for 1000 years. In the 15th...
- inscribed with writing that "[set] forth [the price of] vegetables and purgatives for the workmen there were paid out over sixteen hundred talents." The...
- as pogroms. Sometimes the word is used to describe publicly sanctioned purgative attacks against non-Jewish groups. The characteristics of a pogrom vary...
- English/Old French espurge ("to purge"), due to the use of the plant's sap as a purgative. The botanical name Euphorbia derives from Euphorbos, the Gr**** physician...
- involved in purging and binging. They might vomit after food intake or take purgatives. Body dysmorphic disorder may involve food restriction in an attempt to...
- scene and establish a practice that did not so readily resort to drugs, purgatives, and harshly invasive therapeutics to treat a person suffering from ailment...
- Prevention Avoidance of unsanitary foods and use of clothing when defecating or indulging in outdoor activities. Treatment Metronidazole and saline purgatives...