purgative+medicine

  • 101evacuants — e·vac·u·ant || ɪ vækjÊŠÉ™nt n. purgative, laxative, medicine which promotes evacuation adj. laxative, purgative, promotes evacuation (especially of the bowels) …

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  • 102laxative — I. a. Loosening, aperient, deobstruent, purgative. II. n. Laxative medicine, purgative, aperient, deobstruent …

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  • 103jalap — jal•ap [[t]ˈdʒæl əp, ˈdʒɑ ləp[/t]] n. 1) pln the dried tuberous root of any of several plants, esp. Exogonium purga, of the morning glory family, or the powder derived from it, used in medicine chiefly as a purgative 2) pln any of these plants •… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 104pur´ga|tive|ness — pur|ga|tive «PUR guh tihv», noun, adjective. –n. a medicine that causes emptying of the bowels. Castor oil is a purgative. –adj. purging; cleansing: »Figurative. The coarse or macabre joke, on the part of the early Western writers, had often a… …

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  • 105pur´ga|tive|ly — pur|ga|tive «PUR guh tihv», noun, adjective. –n. a medicine that causes emptying of the bowels. Castor oil is a purgative. –adj. purging; cleansing: »Figurative. The coarse or macabre joke, on the part of the early Western writers, had often a… …

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  • 106pur|ga|tive — «PUR guh tihv», noun, adjective. –n. a medicine that causes emptying of the bowels. Castor oil is a purgative. –adj. purging; cleansing: »Figurative. The coarse or macabre joke, on the part of the early Western writers, had often a purgative… …

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  • 107Enema — Not to be confused with Edema. This rectal bulb syringe may be used to administer smaller enemas …

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  • 108Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …

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  • 109remedy — n Remedy, cure, medicine, medicament, medication, specific, physic are comparable when they mean something prescribed or used for the treatment of disease. Remedy applies to a substance or treatment that is known or regarded as effective in… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 110mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …

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