Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purgative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Purgative \Pur"ga*tive\, a. [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.]
Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n.
(Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
purgative
adj : strongly laxative [syn: {cathartic}, {evacuant}]
n : a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: {cathartic}, {physic}, {aperient}]
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