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purgative

 
Dictionary: pur·ga·tive   (pûr'gə-tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
Tending to cleanse or purge, especially causing evacuation of the bowels.

n.
A purgative agent or medicine; a cathartic.


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Thesaurus: purgative
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adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate: cathartic, eliminative, eliminatory, evacuant, evacuative, excretory. See keep/release.
  2. Serving to purify of sin: expiatory, lustral, lustrative, purgatorial, purificatory. See clean/dirty, religion.

Veterinary Dictionary: purgative
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1. a purge or cathartic (1); causing bowel evacuation.
2. a cathartic, particularly one stimulating peristaltic action. See also laxative.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rensende, afførende
n. - afføringsmiddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
zuiverend, laxeermiddel

Français (French)
adj. - purgatif
n. - purgatif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abführmittel
adj. - abführend, läuternd

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καθάρσιο, καθαρτικό
adj. - καθαρτικός, καθαρτήριος

Italiano (Italian)
purgante, lassativo

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - purgante

Русский (Russian)
слабительное средство, очищающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - purgante
n. - purgante, sustancia purgante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - laxermedel (läk.)
adj. - laxerande, renande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
净化的, 证明自己无罪的, 通便的, 泻剂

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 淨化的, 證明自己無罪的, 通便的
n. - 瀉劑

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정화의 , 변을 잘 통하게 하는
n. - 하제

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 清める
n. - 便通薬, 下剤

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مسهل للأمعاء (صفه) مطهر ( للخطايا)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מטהר, משלשל‬
n. - ‮סם משלשל‬


 
 
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