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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels;
[syn: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. strongly laxative;
[syn: cathartic, evacuant, purgative]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Purgative \Pur"ga*tive\, a. [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.]
   Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n.
   (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

purgative
    adj 1: strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant,
           purgative]
    n 1: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
         [syn: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient]