| NOUN | artifact | physic, purgative, cathartic, aperient | a purging medicine |
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| Meaning | A purging medicine; stimulates / stimulates evacuation of the bowels. | |
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| Synonyms | purgative, cathartic, aperient | |
| Narrower | Epsom salts | (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative |
| Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders, Rochelle powder | An effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid | |
| aloes, bitter aloes | A purgative made from the leaves of aloe | |
| castor oil | A purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant | |
| laxative | A mild cathartic | |
| milk of magnesia | purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide | |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| Spanish | catártico, depurativo, laxante, purgante | |
| Catalan | catàrtic, laxant, purgant | |
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