drastic purgative
Harsh bowel cleanser
A drastic purgative is a powerful laxative that produces violent, forceful evacuation of the bowels.
The term belongs to older medical vocabulary, when physicians distinguished between mild laxatives and drastic ones that worked rapidly and dramatically: The doctor prescribed a drastic purgative to clear the patient's system.
Now largely historical.
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- violentInvolving physical force
- catharticEmotionally releasing, relieving
- laxativePromotes intestinal evacuation
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
violent reaction · spring cleaning · clean sweep · extreme · severe · radical · nuclear option · evacuation · bowel movement · emetic · bowels · castor oil · enema · expulsion · medicinal · bitter · bitter medicine · dose
drastic purgativeantidiarrheal
Drug slowing bowel movements
binding agent · astringent · kaolin · loperamide · Pepto-Bismol
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