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I . pur·ga·tive [ˈpɜ:gətɪv] N MED

purgative

II . pur·ga·tive [ˈpɜ:gətɪv] ADJ

1. purgative MED:

purgative

2. purgative fig liter:

purgative

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Isolated and purified, iridoids exhibit a wide range of bioactivities including cardiovascular, antihepatotoxic, choleretic, hypoglycemic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, antispasmodic, antitumor, antiviral, immunomodulator, and purgative activities. en.wikipedia.org

Amongst working class women violent purgatives were popular, pennyroyal, aloes and turpentine were all used. en.wikipedia.org

Some tribes practice ritual vomiting after its consumption, possibly to heighten its purgative and purifying powers, by expelling contamination from the body. en.wikipedia.org

These are possibly connected with the sweating of fevers, which was considered a purgative, washing, and purificational process. en.wikipedia.org

She believed that punishment after death was purgative, not punitive. en.wikipedia.org

The substance they contain (podophyllotoxin or podophyllin) is used as a purgative and as a cytostatic. en.wikipedia.org

This is the characteristic work of the purgative way. en.wikipedia.org

He embodies vengeance and terror, the darkest impulses of mortal souls, but also the purgative flames of rebirth, destruction that proceeds creation. en.wikipedia.org

When strife and fear predominate, the soul is said to be still in the purgative way. en.wikipedia.org

Treatments no longer focused solely on purgatives and included sedatives. en.wikipedia.org

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