Definition of Purgatives

1. Noun. (plural of purgative) ¹

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Definition of Purgatives

1. purgative [n] - See also: purgative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purgatives

purfle
purfled
purfler
purflers
purfles
purfling
purflings
purfly
purga
purgament
purgaments
purgation
purgations
purgative
purgatively
purgatives (current term)
purgatorial
purgatorian
purgatorians
purgatoric
purgatories
purgatory
purge
purgeable
purged
purger
purgeries
purgers
purgery
purges

Literary usage of Purgatives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"Saline purgatives have an enormous advantage over purgatives of vegetable ... These drugs fail to act as purgatives because many of them contain astringent ..."

2. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"purgatives. purgatives are drugs which are employed in medicine to evacuate the bowel of ... The vegetable purgatives act through their irritant properties, ..."

3. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1915)
"purgatives. purgatives are drugs which are employed in medicine to evacuate the bowel of ... The vegetable purgatives act through their irritant properties, ..."

4. A Compend of Human Anatomy by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1903)
"Saline purgatives produce watery stools, by increasing secretion and stimulating ... Drastic purgatives cause violent action of the bowels, in large doses ..."

5. The History, diagnosis, and treatment of the fevers of the United States by Elisha Bartlett (1856)
"purgatives. The use of purgatives in typhus fever by British physicians has ... Nearly all the Irish writers reckon purgatives second only in importance to ..."

6. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1912)
"A FURTHER PROTEST AGAINST THE ROUTINE USE OF purgatives. BY EDWIN WALKER, MD, Evansville, Indiana. AT the meeting of this Association in 1906 I presented a ..."

7. A Practical Manual of the Diseases of Children, with a Formulary. by Edward Ellis (1879)
"purgatives— Castor Oil. Aloes. Rhubarb. Jalap. Senna. ... Saline purgatives— Sulphate of Potash. Sulphate of Soda. Sulphate of Magnesia. Tartrate of Potash. ..."

8. The History, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Fevers of the United States by Elisha Bartlett (1852)
"purgatives. The use of purgatives in typhus fever by British physicians has ... Nearly all the Irish writers reckon purgatives second only in importance to ..."

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