purgative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
    aperient; cathartic; physic.
  2. adjective satellite strongly laxative
    cathartic; evacuant.

WordNet

Pur"ga*tive adjective
Etymology
L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif.
Definitions
  1. Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.

Webster 1913