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Definition of purgative
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Purgative
(n.) A
purging
medicine;
a
cathartic.
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Purgatively
::
Purgatively
(adv.)
In a
purgative
manner.
Sabadilla
::
Sabadilla
(n.) A
Mexican
liliaceous
plant
(Schoenocaulon
officinale);
also, its
seeds,
which
contain
the
alkaloid
veratrine.
It was
formerly
used in
medicine
as an
emetic
and
purgative..
Gutwort
::
Gutwort
(n.) A
plant,
Globularia
Alypum,
a
violent
purgative,
found in
Africa..
Stavewood
::
Stavesacre
(n.) A kind of
larkspur
(Delphinium
Staphysagria),
and its
seeds,
which are
violently
purgative
and
emetic.
They are used as a
parasiticide,
and in the East for
poisoning
fish..
Cathartic
::
Cathartic
(n.) A
medicine
that
promotes
alvine
discharges;
a
purge;
a
purgative
of
moderate
activity.
Catharical
::
Catharical
(a.)
Cleansing
the
bowels;
promoting
evacuations
by
stool;
purgative.
Physical
::
Physical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
physic,
or the art of
medicine;
medicinal;
curative;
healing;
also,
cathartic;
purgative..
Elater
::
Elater
(n.) The
active
principle
of
elaterium,
being found in the juice of the wild or
squirting
cucumber
(Ecballium
agreste,
formerly
Motordica
Elaterium)
and other
related
species.
It is
extracted
as a
bitter,
white,
crystalline
substance,
which is a
violent
purgative..
Cassia
::
Cassia
(n.) A genus of
leguminous
plants
(herbs,
shrubs,
or
trees)
of many
species,
most of which have
purgative
qualities.
The
leaves
of
several
species
furnish
the senna used in
medicine..
Purgative
::
Purgative
(a.)
Having
the power or
quality
of
purging;
cathartic.
Cubeb
::
Cubeb (n.) The
small,
spicy berry of a
species
of
pepper
(Piper
Cubeba;
in med.,
Cubeba
officinalis),
native
in Java and
Borneo,
but now
cultivated
in
various
tropical
countries.
The dried
unripe
fruit is much used in
medicine
as a
stimulant
and
purgative..
Lenitive
::
Lenitive
(n.) A mild
purgative;
a
laxative.
Turpeth
::
Turpeth
(n.) The root of
Ipom/a
Turpethum,
a plant of
Ceylon,
Malabar,
and
Australia,
formerly
used in
medicine
as a
purgative;
--
sometimes
called
vegetable
turpeth..
Cathartin
::
Cathartin
(n.) The
bitter,
purgative
principle
of
senna.
It is a
glucoside
with the
properties
of a weak acid; --
called
also
cathartic
acid, and
cathartina..
Calomel
::
Calomel
(n.) Mild
chloride
of
mercury,
Hg2Cl2,
a
heavy,
white or
yellowish
white
substance,
insoluble
and
tasteless,
much used in
medicine
as a
mercurial
and
purgative;
mercurous
chloride.
It
occurs
native
as the
mineral
horn
quicksilver..
Algaroth
::
Algaroth
(n.) A term used for the
Powder
of
Algaroth,
a white
powder
which is a
compound
of
trichloride
and
trioxide
of
antimony.
It was
formerly
used in
medicine
as an
emetic,
purgative,
and
diaphoretic..
Drastic
::
Drastic
(a.)
Acting
rapidly
and
violently;
efficacious;
powerful;
--
opposed
to
bland;
as,
drastic
purgatives..
Jalap
::
"Jalap
(n.) The
tubers
of the
Mexican
plant
Ipomoea
purga (or
Exogonium
purga),
a
climber
much like the
morning-glory.
The
abstract,
extract,
and
powder,
prepared
from the
tubers,
are well known
purgative
medicines.
Other
species
of
Ipomoea
yield
several
inferior
kinds of
jalap,
as the I.
Orizabensis,
and I.
tuberosa..
Evacuant
::
Evacuant
(a.)
Emptying;
evacuative;
purgative;
cathartic.
Gripe
::
Gripe (v. t.) To
pinch;
to
distress.
Specifically,
to cause
pinching
and
spasmodic
pain to the
bowels
of, as by the
effects
of
certain
purgative
or
indigestible
substances..
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