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purgative

/pur-guh-tiv/US // ˈpɜr gə tɪv //UK // (ˈpɜːɡətɪv) med //

泻药,净化剂,清肠剂,净化器

Related Words

purge清洗,清理,肃清,清除 laxative通便,通便剂,泻药,润肠通便 physic物理学,物理,物理学家,物理学上 aperient透明度,透明度高,透明度高的人,透明度高的 emetic催吐,催吐剂,催吐药,催吐术 aperitive敏感的,敏感度,敏感,敏感的人

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

nouncathartic

Synonyms

aperient透明度,透明度高,透明度高的人,透明度高的 emetic催吐,催吐剂,催吐药,催吐术 laxative通便,通便剂,泻药,润肠通便 physic物理学,物理,物理学家,物理学上 purge清洗,清理,肃清,清除 aperitive敏感的,敏感度,敏感,敏感的人

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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