What's the difference between catharsis and purge?

Catharsis


Definition:

  • (n.) A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But sanctions and mismanagement took their toll, and the scale of the long-awaited economic catharsis won’t be grand,” he says.
  • (2) We conclude that routine use of Golytely is preferable to methods involving catharsis and standard tap water enemas for barium enema examination, on the grounds that it is equally effective, yet more convenient for patients and for the radiology department, and reduces total costs.
  • (3) They functioned as role models and provided opportunities for catharsis.
  • (4) "We have no reason to hope now that the Serbs will go through catharsis and acknowledge that the non-Serbs in Prijedor had been killed, tortured, exterminated, raped."
  • (5) Purification and verbal catharsis under hypnosis are described, along with abreaction as a therapeutic instrument.
  • (6) But it does seem that Russia's rich are experiencing a moment of historical catharsis.
  • (7) Three films in, and already we know what an Andrea Arnold film might entail: visual poetry blooming in the harshest terrain; brutalised souls achieving emotional catharsis; and animals, lots of animals, the better to point up the underlying savagery of human experience.
  • (8) Looking back on the bloodiest century of human existence as some kind of fruitful catharsis feels profoundly dangerous.
  • (9) When children's adiposity and gender were considered as interacting factors, differences were also found for the attitude dimensions of health and fitness, and catharsis.
  • (10) Her catharsis came when she visited Chile in 1990 for celebrations marking the return to democracy.
  • (11) We know from many ethnological field research reports that the medicine man employs in his healing procedures - among other things - dream interpretation, (auto-) hynosis, and healing suggestion, advises the sick, uses imaginative techniques, and initiates group catharsis, i.e.
  • (12) Each of the common methods available--emesis, gastric lavage, activated charcoal, catharsis, and whole bowel irrigation--is discussed.
  • (13) A goal like that is a once in a generation thing, impossible to beat for a moment of joy and catharsis, and surely worth more than a mere place in the Premier League.
  • (14) This consisted of counseling and education, initial bowel catharsis, a supportive maintenance program to potentiate optimum evacuation, retraining, and careful monitoring and follow-up.
  • (15) It was hypothesized that viewing an aggressive film would lead to a decrease in hostile responses (catharsis) and an increase in aggressive responses (stimulation) when compared with a neutral film condition.
  • (16) The discussion suggests situations in which catharsis would be likely to prove useful, and indicates potential risks.
  • (17) Contemporary research on pornography reveals an impasse between the models of catharsis and learning.
  • (18) The US for their freescoring overwhelming of the opposition en route to the final (they’ve outscored the opposition 19 goals to 4), and Panama fro being in the half of the draw containing pre-tournament favorites to make the final, Mexico, and beating them in both the group stages and the semi-finals to ensure that this game is neither an opportunity for a Mexican “threepeat” or US catharsis for their defeats to Mexico in the last two finals.
  • (19) The results suggest that both inhibition of water absorption and reduced circular smooth muscle activity may be important factors in castor oil- and magnesium sulfate-induced catharsis.
  • (20) Contrary to popular notions, neither women nor hysterics experienced more catharsis or improved more in cathartic therapy.

Purge


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
  • (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
  • (v. t.) To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
  • (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
  • (v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
  • (v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
  • (v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
  • (v. i.) To become pure, as by clarification.
  • (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
  • (v. t.) The act of purging.
  • (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thus photosensitization using AISPc may be an effective method of purging marrow autografts in some cases of AML.
  • (2) Current investigations include the development of more effective cytoreductive regimens, use of recombinant hematopoietic growth factors, improvement of marrow purging techniques, and enhancement of cell-mediated anti-leukemic activity in patients receiving autologous marrow transplants.
  • (3) Direct detection of chromium in milk, using only argon as purge gas, was inferior.
  • (4) Indiana Indiana began to purge inactive voters in may 2014 by sending postcards to all registered voters.
  • (5) Sequential application of the two methods (immunorosette depletion with CD19 McAb followed by a complement lysis with CD9 and CD10 McAbs) led to superior results in causing a 4- to 5-log purging effect.
  • (6) Reduced caloric intake, a hallmark of both disorders, is manifested by self-induced starvation in anorexia and by binge eating and gastrointestinal purging in bulimia.
  • (7) Mafosfamide is presently used for the purging of bone marrow in autologous bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of acute leukemia.
  • (8) The two log difference in the surviving fraction of CFU-L and CFU-S after 120 min exposure to 42.5 degrees C suggests that hyperthermia ex vivo may be a suitable purging method for autologous bone marrow transplantation.
  • (9) There are already calls for large protests in Egypt this week demanding fair trials and retribution, as well as measures to purge former regime officials from political and economic life.
  • (10) Our data suggest that this new strategy shows potential for more effective ex vivo marrow purging in autologous marrow transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  • (11) In summary, laser light-induced photosensitization with MC540 has a selective cytotoxicity to leukemic cells; therefore, this procedure may be useful for purging neoplastic cells from autologous BM.
  • (12) Pretransplantation regimes were: total-body irradiation (TBI), 456; busulfan plus cyclophosphamide (BU-CY) 174; marrow purging with mafosfamide, 269 (corresponding to 26% of all patients in CR1 and 41% in CR2).
  • (13) Phase 1 studies of "in vivo purging" with a monovalent CD3 antibody (Clark et al., 1989), and also with a genetically engineered humanized IgG1 (CAMPATH-1H) (Hale et al., 1988b) suggest that these limitations can be overcome.
  • (14) Despite patient and disease heterogeneity, different sources of hemopoietic stem cells (allogeneic or autologous, bone marrow or blood), ex vivo purging of autografts, and different preparative regimens, some general recommendations can be made: (1) Allogeneic BMT should be reserved for patients under age 50, where transplant-related mortality can be expected not to exceed 30%; 40% will achieve CR with a 3-year relapse-free survival expectation of 70%, and (2) With autologous transplantation, low mortality under 10% and marked therapeutic benefit (greater than 30% CR, 80% overall survival at greater than 3 years) seem to be achievable mainly if performed when tumor bulk is low and standard doses of therapy are still effective.
  • (15) The transfusion purging leukocytes may diminish the occasions of alloimmunization.
  • (16) The Brotherhood's Libyan incarnation won only 10% of the vote in last year's congressional elections, but gained support with its campaign to mandate wholesale purges of Gaddafi-era officials.
  • (17) We feel that this system will prove valuable for monitoring ex vivo tumor removal in future clinical studies and should be considered for use in other purging trials.
  • (18) The quantitative determination of the efficacy of these purging methods is generally difficult.
  • (19) The government began aggressively purging the heads of cultural and academic institutions (a notable number of them Jewish and liberal intellectuals suspected of a “foreign” mindset) and installing in their stead true believers in the Magyar way.
  • (20) The result of our study in patients in second and third remission using in vitro purging of bone marrow with monoclonal antibodies PM-81 and AML2-23 are encouraging, as are the studies of purging with 4-HC.