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Definition of Purgative
1. Adjective. Strongly laxative.
Similar to: Laxative
Derivative terms: Catharsis, Cathartic, Evacuate, Purge
2. Noun. A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels.
Specialized synonyms: Aloes, Bitter Aloes, Castor Oil, Epsom Salts, Laxative, Milk Of Magnesia, Rochelle Powder, Seidlitz Powder, Seidlitz Powders
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Derivative terms: Aperient, Cathartic
Definition of Purgative
1. a. Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
Definition of Purgative
1. Adjective. (capable of) purging ¹
2. Noun. something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purgative
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purgative
Literary usage of Purgative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"The Oil of the Jatropha Curcas, or Physic Nut, as a purgative, and flie Oil •and
Leaves as a Counter-irritant.—Various physicians have at different times ..."
2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"Diuretic and corroborative. Weakly purgative. purgative and diuretic. ...
purgative and corroborant ; taken in the quantity of from one to three or four ..."
3. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1910)
"The purgative Oils. Two very important members of the purgative series are Castor
oil (Oleum Ricini), and Croton oil (Oleum ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"A Hypodermic purgative.—Dr. J. Percy Wade, at the suggestion of Dr. Rohes, has
made a study of the purgative action of magnesium sulphate when administered ..."
5. A Handbook of Therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1871)
"BUCHHEIM asserts that these two substances are rendered purgative only by the
... RHUBARB is used as a purgative. It is asserted to be also a tonic. ..."
6. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"By moderate exercise in the open air, while taking this salt, its purgative
operation is diminished, and its diuretic effect increased. ..."
7. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1852)
"The sulphate, phosphate, and tartrate of soda, and the tartrate of soda and
potassa, may indeed be substituted for each other as regards their purgative ..."
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