What is having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic called?
purgative — Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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