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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

purgativus

: cf. F.

purgatif

Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.

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Noun.

(Med.)

A purging medicine; a cathartic.

Adj.

Having the power of cleansing; usually,having the power of evacuating the bowels; cathartic.

Noun.

A medicine that evacuates the bowels; a cathartic.