Originally: the cleansing of the body of waste material, an excess of a humour, etc. In later use: spec. the emptying of the bowels, esp. by the use…
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun] > purging (13) purgationa1387 Originally: the cleansing of the body of waste material, an excess of a humour, etc. In later use: spec. the emptying of the bowels, esp. by the use… purginga1400 Medicine. Elimination or expulsion of waste or harmful material, ingested food, etc., from the body; spec. the act of emptying the bowels or the… minoration1590 Mild purgation by laxatives. Obsolete. purgament1650 = purgation, n. 4a. rare. laxating1652 fluxation1656 Treatment by fluxing: see flux, v. 1. catharm1678 A purging or purgation. scouring1682 The action of purging the bowels. †Also concrete, a purgative medicine. catharsis1803 Purgation of the excrements of the body; esp. evacuation of the bowels. syrmaism1842 The use of a purgative or emetic. washing-out1890 plural (formerly also singular). The liquid that has been used to wash something; matter removed when something is washed. Also washing-out. lavage1895 A washing, spec. in Medicine a cleansing of the stomach by means of emetics administered in large quantities of water. Subcategories:— application of suppository (1) |
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