Purgative Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Purgative has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions

Noun

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

purgative cathartic physic aperient

something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative

Adjective

strongly laxative

cathartic evacuant purgative

purging

See Also

purge capable cathartic purging cathartin purgation jalapin elaterin

Related Terms

purge capable cathartic purging cathartin purgation jalapin elaterin rhubarb senna convolvulin nonpurgative emodin purgatively physic globularetin gutwort euphorbium lapactic linin

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

medicine

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

aloes castor oil Epsom salts laxative milk of magnesia Seidlitz powder

Rhyming Words

vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive

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