purge
vb, purged purg*ing vt 1 : to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) or of or from the bowels of <drugs that the bowels> <purged the patient with a cathartic> 2 : to free (itself) of suspended matter usu. by sedimentation - used of a liquid vi 1 : to become purged 2 : to have or produce frequent evacuations 3 : to cause purgation n 1 : something that purges : esp : PURGATIVE 2 : an act or instance of purging .
Similar sounding terms: hy·po·er·gy
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