purgative
/pur-guh-tiv/US // ˈpɜr gə tɪv //UK // (ˈpɜːɡətɪv) med //
泻药,净化剂,清肠剂,净化器
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a purgative medicine or agent; cathartic.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
That makes the playing of a football game not purgative but grotesque in the current context.
The first milk of the cow after calving, is slightly purgative, which is essential to cleanse the stomach of the calf.
It occurs in several recipes of the Anglo-Saxon Leechdoms, as a strong and bitter purgative.
Aloes is more frequently taken than, perhaps, any known purgative.
It is needless to give a purgative without bleeding, as, till this is done, it will not operate.
Abster′gent, serving to cleanse; Abster′sive, having the quality of cleansing: purgative.
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