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PRONUNCIATION OF PURGATIVE

purgative  [ˈpɜːɡətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURGATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purgative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PURGATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Laxative

Laxatives are foods, compounds and/or drugs that facilitate or increase bowel movements. They are most often used to treat constipation. Certain stimulant, lubricant and saline laxatives are used to evacuate the colon for rectal and/or bowel examinations, and may be supplemented by enemas under certain circumstances. Sufficiently high doses of laxatives may cause diarrhea. Some laxatives combine more than one active ingredient. Laxatives may be oral and/or in suppository form.

Definition of purgative in the English dictionary

The definition of purgative in the dictionary is a drug or agent for purging the bowels. Other definition of purgative is causing evacuation of the bowels; cathartic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURGATIVE


arrogative
əˈrɒɡətɪv
colligative
kəˈlɪɡətɪv
derogative
dɪˈrɒɡətɪv
electronegative
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈnɛɡətɪv
ergative
ˈɜːɡətɪv
HIV-negative
ˌeɪtʃaɪviːˈneɡətɪv
indagative
ˈɪndəɡətɪv
interrogative
ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv
investigative
ɪnˈvestɪɡətɪv
ligative
ˈlɪɡətɪv
negative
ˈnɛɡətɪv
nonnegative
ˌnɒnˈneɡətɪv
objurgative
ɒbˈdʒɜːɡətɪv
obligative
ɒbˈlɪɡətɪv
photonegative
ˌfəʊtəʊˈnɛɡətɪv
prerogative
prɪˈrɒɡətɪv
propagative
ˈprɒpəɡətɪv
Rh-negative
ˌɑːrˈeɪtʃ ˈnɛɡətɪv
seronegative
ˌsɪərəʊˈnɛɡətɪv
supererogative
ˌsuːpərəˈrɒɡətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURGATIVE

pureblood
purebred
puree
purely
pureness
purfle
purfler
purfling
purfly
purgation
purgatively
purgatorial
purgatorially
purgatorian
purgatory
purge
purgeable
purger
Puri
purification

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURGATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
operative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of purgative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PURGATIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «purgative» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of purgative

Translation of «purgative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURGATIVE

Find out the translation of purgative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of purgative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «purgative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

泻药
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purgante
570 millions of speakers

English

purgative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेचक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسهل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слабительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purgativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রেচক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purgatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Purgatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abführmittel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下剤
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purgatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tẩy sạch tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निवारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

müshil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purgante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeczyszczający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проносне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purgativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθαρτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

purgeermiddel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laxermedel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purgative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purgative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURGATIVE»

The term «purgative» is normally little used and occupies the 125.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of purgative
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURGATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «purgative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «purgative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about purgative

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURGATIVE»

Discover the use of purgative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purgative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality
The purgative way is the initial stage in which one is freed from attachment to worldly, sensible things and in which the senses and sensible appetities are disciplined and mortified. The next stage, the illuminative way, is characterized by a ...
Gordon S. Wakefield, 1983
2
Hunyadi János, a Natural Purgative Water Drawn from ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Andras Saxlehner, 2010
3
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Gently purgative. Purgative, and corrects acidhiesV Purgative. Resembles those of Aix-la-Chapelle and Buxton. Purgative and corroborant ; taken in the quantity of from one to three or four pints. It is useful in cases of indigestion and scorbutic  ...
‎1823
4
The elements of materia medica and therapeutics
Cordial, stimulant, stomachic, and mildly purgative. A popular remedy in various disordered conditions of the alimentary canal, especially at the commencement of diarrhoea, also in flatulent colic. It is a very useful adjunct to purgative mixtures,  ...
Jonathan Pereira, 1855
5
A Practical Manual of the Treatment of Club-foot
For an ordinary purgative in habihzal c0stl've'ness it is scarcely adapted, on account of the constipation which fol~ lows its purgative effect. 2. As a stomachic and tom'c.—ln dyspepsia, accompanied with a debilitated condition of the digestive ...
Lewis Albert Sayre, 1854
6
Xie's Chinese Veterinary Herbology
Purgative. Herbal. Formulas. Chaoying. Luo,. Michael. Bartholomew,. Huisheng. Xie. Herbal Formulas to Expel Parasites Chaoying Luo, Huisheng Xie, Michael. The formulas in this chapter are used to treat patients with an Interior Excess ...
Huisheng Xie, Vanessa Preast, 2010
7
The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. In which the ...
Besides its purgative virtue, it has a mild astringent one, discoverable by the taste , and by its striking an inky blackness with chalybeate solutions : hence it is found to strengthen the tone of the stomach and intestines, to leave the belly costive, ...
Temple Henry Croker, Samuel Clark, Thomas Williams, 1766
8
An appeal to the medical profession, on the utility of the ...
Mild purgative medicines, with small doses of the pilula liydrargyri, are commonly very useful in such cases. Four or five grains of the pilula liydrargyri should be given every night for some time, and the purgative every morning, or every other  ...
John Read (maker to the army.), 1824
9
THE MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW, AND JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL ...
These viscid secretions of the bowels, in which calomel is so useful as a purgative, are particularly common in cases of diseased spleen; hence my recommendation of calomel, as a purgative, in those cases, but, mark, us a purgative only, ...
‎1837
10
Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the ...
He goes on to state that "emetics and purgatives are used principally to remove the humors" and outlines the method by which this is accomplished: a few days prior to receiving an emetic or a purgative, the patient is oiled and sweated.
Kenneth G. Zysk, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURGATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purgative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Form 6-K RedHill Biopharma Ltd. For: Jul 27
Salix further clarified to RedHill that the bowel purgative product referenced in Valeant's second quarter 2015 financial results presentation1 as a failed ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
2
Use castor oil for relief from constipation
Natural and sans side effects, castor oil as a purgative is much better than a chemical laxative. You may also like to read about some more natural remedies to ... «TheHealthSite, Jul 15»
3
Alexander Melamid Begins Artenol, an Art Magazine
It is Artenol, his new quarterly magazine, described on its website as “a purgative for an ailing art world, a palliative for afflicted aesthetes.” The magazine, whose ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
4
Purgative Meals Touted as New Approach to Colonoscopy Prep
Purgative Meals Touted as New Approach to Colonoscopy Prep. Ordinary foods infused with PEG-3350 provided good-to-excellent bowel cleansing. savesaved. «MedPage Today, May 15»
5
Three tangy rhubarb recipes to kick off spring
It was once valued for its medicinal properties - an excellent purgative - but it wasn't until the late 1700s was it truly appreciated for its culinary depth. According ... «Toronto Sun, Apr 15»
6
Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: Assessing and Improving Quality
... preparation should re-examine their bowel preparation protocols, including patient education, choice of purgative, and protocol for administering the purgative ... «General Surgery News, Apr 15»
7
Bitter food but good medicine from cucumber genetics
"You don't eat wild cucumber, unless you want to use it as a purgative," said William Lucas, professor of plant biology at the University of California, Davis and ... «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
8
Colonoscopy Fact and Fiction
"What's most off-putting is the purgative part -- taking a powerful bowel-clearing substance and coping with the resulting diarrhea." That's pretty damn descriptive ... «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
9
Guava, Bitter Leaf Protect Against Diabetes Complications
It reads: "In the past the purgative action has been ascribed to this, but another intensely bitter weakly basic amorphous alkaloid has been detected and this is ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
10
Bowel Preparation For Colonoscopy:
The available purgatives for colonoscopy can be divided into 3 categories: osmotic agents, polyethylene glycol (PEG)–based solutions, and stimulants. Osmotic ... «Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, Oct 14»

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