Synonyms:
purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
Meaning: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Usage examples
It is his habit, in after-life, to combat every little costiveness, every digestive derangement, every incipient disease, by means of his cathartic mixture, and his skill is considered proportionate to the quantity of stuff which the bowels expel under the operation of his drugs.