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Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner..

Azedarach :: Azedarach (n.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic..

Anacathartic :: Anacathartic (a.) Producing vomiting or expectoration.

Evacuant :: Evacuant (a.) Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.

Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..

Bryony :: Bryony (n.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic..

Physic :: Physic (v. t.) To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge..

Saline :: Saline (a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic..

Tobacco :: Tobacco (n.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste..

Eccritic :: Eccritic (n.) A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic..

Cato-cathartic :: Cato-cathartic (n.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.

Catharical :: Catharical (a.) Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid..

Salt :: Salt (n.) Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt..

Bear''s-foot :: Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic..

Hydragogue :: Hydragogue (n.) A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic..

Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic..

Purgament :: Purgament (n.) A cathartic; a purgative.

Euonymus :: Euonymus (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

Gymnocladus :: Gymnocladus (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee..

Purgative :: Purgative (n.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.

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