Word Meanings - PURGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.

WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
ESPECIALLY
In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
CATHARTIC
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and
MEDICINE
A physician. Shak. Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. -- Medicine man , a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of
CATHARTIC; CATHARICAL
Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.
ANACATHARTIC
Producing vomiting or expectoration. -- n.
EMETO-CATHARTIC
Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.
SUGGESTIVE MEDICINE
Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient.
CATO-CATHARTIC
A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.