| 单词 | purgative |
| 释义 | purgative (once / 9991 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY purgative: purgatives+/purgation: purgations/purge: purgation, purgative, purged, purges, purging/purging: purgingly, purgings USAGE EXAMPLESIts leaves are said to be a purgative, although Jacobson ate four recently to test them as part of his ongoing investigations. Seattle Times(Oct 05, 2016) I suppose the purgative power of torture might cleanse the whole process. New York Times(Aug 23, 2016) In place of facts, the Brexiteers had furious bombast; lurid assertions about immigration, sovereignty and national destiny; fantasies of purgative chaos. Economist(Jun 24, 2016) 1adj strongly laxative Syn cathartic, evacuant laxative stimulating evacuation of feces 2n a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Syn|Hypo|Hyper aperient, cathartic, physic aloes, bitter aloes a purgative made from the leaves of aloe castor oila purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant; used in paint and varnish as well as medically Epsom salts(used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative laxativea mild cathartic milk of magnesiapurgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid Rochelle powder, Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powdersan effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic phenolphthaleina laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8 medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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