English-Thai Dictionary

purgative

ADJ ที่ ระบาย ท้อง  ti-ra-bai-tong

 

purgative

N ยาถ่าย  ยาระบาย  laxative ya-tai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PURGATIVE

a.Having the power of cleansing; usually, having the power of evacuating the bowels; cathartic.

 

PURGATIVE

n.A medicine that evacuates the bowels; a cathartic.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PURGATIVE

Pur "ga *tive, a Etym: [L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif. ]

 

Defn: Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med. )

 

Defn: A purging medicine; a cathartic.

 

PURGATIVELY

PURGATIVELY Pur "ga *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a purgative manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

purgative

pur ga tive |ˈpərgətiv ˈpərɡədɪv | ▶adjective strongly laxative in effect. • having the effect of ridding someone of unwanted feelings or memories: the purgative action of language. ▶noun a laxative. • a thing that rids someone of unwanted feelings or memories: confrontation would be a purgative. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French purgatif, -ive, from late Latin purgativus, from purgat- ‘purified, ’ from the verb purgare (see purge ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

purgative

purgative |ˈpəːgətɪv | ▶adjective strongly laxative in effect. • having the effect of ridding one of unwanted feelings or memories: the purgative action of language. ▶noun a laxative. • a thing that rids one of unwanted feelings or memories: confrontation would be a purgative. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French purgatif, -ive, from late Latin purgativus, from purgat- ‘purified ’, from the verb purgare (see purge ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

purgative

purgative adjective purgative medicine: laxative, evacuant; Medicine aperient. ▶noun orris root is a purgative: laxative, evacuant; Medicine aperient; dated purge.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

purgative

purgative adjective I took some purgative medicine: laxative, aperient, lenitive, cathartic, evacuant, purging; archaic eccoprotic. ▶noun orris root was once used medicinally as a purgative: laxative, enema, aperient, lenitive, cathartic, evacuant; dated purge; archaic eccoprotic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

purgative

pur ga tive /pə́ː r ɡətɪv /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠下剤 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗｟かたく ｠下剤の .