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purge (purj)
1. to cleanse or purify, to remove undesirable substances from something.
2. to cause evacuation of feces.

purge (pûrj)
v.
To cause evacuation of the bowels.
n.
1. The act or process of purging.
2. Something that purges, especially a medicinal purgative.

Purge
To rid the body of food and calories, commonly by vomiting or using laxatives.
Mentioned in: Bulimia Nervosa

purge
[purj]
Etymology: L, purgare
1  v, to evacuate the bowels, as with a cathartic.
2  n, a cathartic.
3  v, to make free of an unwanted substance. purgative, n., adj.

purge [perj]
1. to cleanse or purify; to remove undesirable substances from something.
2. to cause free evacuation of feces.
3. a cathartic.

purge
1. a purgative medicine or dose.
2. to cause free evacuation of feces.
3. to remove outdated data from a file or other store of data.

purge nut
jatrophacurcas.

purge
GI disease 1. verb To evacuate the bowels 2. noun A megaevacuation of the bowels 3. noun An agent that #1's, resulting in a #2


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