Purgatives

[pur-guh-tiv] /ˈpɜr gə tɪv/

adjective
1.
or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
noun
2.
a purgative medicine or agent; cathartic.
/ˈpɜːɡətɪv/
noun
1.
a drug or agent for purging the bowels
adjective
2.
causing evacuation of the bowels; cathartic
adj.

late 14c., from Old French purgatif (14c.) and directly from Late Latin purgativus, from purgat-, past participle stem of Latin purgare (see purge (v.)). The noun is attested from early 15c. (Old English medical texts have clænsungdrenc).

purgative pur·ga·tive (pûr’gə-tĭv)
n.
An agent used for purging the bowels. adj.
Tending to cause evacuation of the bowels.
pur’ga·tive adj.

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