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purging

noun

Simple meaning

Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.

Pronunciation

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purjing

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈpɝdʒɪŋ

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Definition

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noun

  1. chiefly medicine

    Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.

  2. chiefly politics

    A removal of undesirable people.

  3. medicine

    The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.

  4. premodern medicine

    The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.

  5. The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly

  6. The removal of waste from the human body, particularly

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C2 · Proficient
Frequency
Uncommon

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Inflected forms

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  • purgeverbBase word

    Oust politically.

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  • purging cassianounCompound term

    Deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally.

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