purgative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: purgative	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purgative adj strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant, purgative] n a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Synonym(s): purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purgative \Pur"ga*tive\, a. [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.] Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.