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Definition of Depurant
1. a. & n. Depurative.
Definition of Depurant
1. Adjective. (medicine) depurative ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A depurative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depurant
1. a purifier [n -S] - See also: purifier
Medical Definition of Depurant
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Depurant
Literary usage of Depurant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio C. Wood (1888)
"Hence water acts not only as a diluent, but also as a depurant. ... Water is also
used as a depurant in chronic disorders in which there is no organic ..."
2. Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Women by James Young Simpson (1872)
"In one patient chlorate of potass was used, and in addition tincture of the
muriate of iron was employed, both as a renal depurant and as a tonic. ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1860)
"It is'at the same time apparently a powerful depurant, stimulating the action
... It has been successfully used as a depurant in acute gout and rheumatism, ..."
4. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"Same as depurant, 2d def. Deputy centre (dep'iu-ti). A secondary nerve-centre in
the spinal cord ; also a centre of one of the cranial nerves. De. ..."
5. Journal of Rational Medicine by C. H. Cleaveland (1860)
"It is as a renal depurant, or as Golding Bird called this order of agents, a
Renal Alterative, or Chemical Diuretic, that acetate of potassa is of most ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
""The stimulant, depurant, and antidotal properties of protoxide of nitrogen also
render it peculiarly valuable in the treatment of another variety of ..."
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