(a.) Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
(n.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The timely discovery of the cause of the disease leads to the discontinuance of the use of diuretics and purgatives and to complete recovery.
(2) The effectiveness of short-term, low-dose, preoperative oral administration of neomycin and erythromycin base combined with vigorous purgation in reducing the incidence of wound infections and other septic complications of elective colon and rectal operations has been studied in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, clinical trial.
(3) These results agree with recent observations on the effects of senna in rats and mice, and do not support earlier claims that myenteric neurons are killed by anthraquinone purgatives.
(4) This paper reported the results of clinical observation on a treatment with Semen Persical decoction for purgation with addition (SPDPA) in type II diabetes mellitus.
(5) E. hortense adult worms were recovered from one patient after a treatment and purgation.
(6) The standard preparation for cleansing the colon usually involves dietary restrictions, purgatives, and enemas.
(7) The purgative activities of 18 different dihydroxyanthracene derivatives, including free anthraquinones and anthrones, were investigated by determining their influence on the water, sodium and potassium absorption in the gastrointestinal tract by direct injection of the solutions in Tyrode to the rat colon in situ.
(8) Some cultural groups also have a tradition of giving purgatives to the newborn, a practice which exacerbates the dehydration effects of not breastfeeding.
(9) Rats and mice were given purgative doses of sennosides in their drinking water for 4 and 5 months, respectively.
(10) These actions can lead to a new dark age of "chemotherapeutic blood letting and purgatives" under the guise of higher ethical purposes.
(11) Poor prognosis was most commonly linked to use of purgatives.
(12) 140 patients were prepared with conventional enema and purgatives and a Neomycin-metronidazole prophylaxis.
(13) Compared to women who had never used purgatives, current purgative users were 4.1 times more likely to smoke (44% vs 11%) and 2.7 times as likely to use drugs (33% vs 12%).
(14) Purgatives, emetics, opium, cinchona bark, camphor, potassium nitrate and mercury were among the most widely used drugs.
(15) Purgation was induced by oral administration of arecoline and the purge examined for cestodes.
(16) From pseudocarps of R. wichuraiana, three quercetin glycosides, isoquercitrin, hyperin and quercetin 3-O-beta-D-glucuronide were isolated similarly, but no purgative components of R. multiflora were detected.
(17) The prevalence of binge-eating more than once a week, together with self-induced vomiting or purgative use, was 3.6% in the nursing school students, 2.1% in the college women, and 2.9% in the total sample.
(18) In many groups, substitute prelacteal feeds were given, while in others, practices such as the use of purgatives exacerbated the risk of dehydration in the infant.
(19) In mice experimentally invaded by H. nana it was shown that the water extraction of breadfruit tree substance is rather less effective than its ethanol extraction and has some purgative action, which increases the therapeutic effect.
(20) Twenty percent had at some time used diet pills, but only 4% were currently users; 13% had at some time used purgatives (vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics), but only 5% were current users.
Rhubarb
Definition:
(n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
(n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.
(n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.
Example Sentences:
(1) When it's serving time, use a good serrated knife to saw cleanly through the rhubarb.
(2) From lettuce and string beans quercetin was isolated (after chemical hydrolysis) and in rhubarb emodin, an anthraquinon, was detected.
(3) Proanthocyanidins (dimers and oligomers of polyhydroxy-flavan-3-ols) were only found in the testa of broad beans, beans, and peas with coloured flowers, and in rhubarb stalks.
(4) Jane's favourite combos are: rhubarb and strawberry, rhubarb and raspberry, and plum and blackberry.
(5) The results suggested that: (1) the virus may be one of pathogenetic factor of the hemorrhagic pancreatitis; (2) the rhubarb was effective in the treatment of hemorrhagic pancreatitis under our experimental conditions.
(6) An earlier version of the rhubarb self-saucing pudding failed to add the milk in the listed ingredients and how and when to do it.
(7) As soon as it has melted, add the rhubarb and cook over a low heat until just tender.
(8) The fryingpan should be large enough to hold the pork and rhubarb fairly snugly.
(9) The custard base and rhubarb can cook at the same time.
(10) The first group included beef and fish broths, boiled meat, rye bread, cabbage, tomato, apple, cherry and black currant juices, rhubarb infusion, fresh kefir, carrot and pumpkin purees.
(11) Recipe supplied by Bronte Aurell, Scandi Kitchen, scandikitchen.co.uk Vanilla-fried rhubarb on sugar brioche Almost like jam on toast, the rich sugary brioche is a good backdrop to the sharp rhubarb.
(13) 9 Spread the meringue over the rhubarb, using the back of a spoon to create some peaks and swirls and place in the hot oven for 15-20 minutes or until the meringue topping is golden brown.
(14) Burr, 38, who also holds a first-class degree in biodiversity and conservation from London’s Birkbeck College, has been heralded as the favourite to win not least because he has been named star baker a record five times, particularly impressing Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood in doughnut week with his rhubarb and custard zeppole.
(15) In the main study the foods were either (a) divided into the calculated bite-size normal portions or (b) the portions were mashed (rhubarb pie), untreated (rice) or finely ground (raw carrot).
(16) The above description indicate that Rhubarb could promote immune response.
(17) One guest said the food – smoked rainbow trout, pan-fried guinea fowl, rhubarb and elderflower tart – wasn't memorable.
(18) Among several hydroxylated metabolites of emodin, a fungal anthraquinone and constituent of rhubarb, 2-hydroxyemodin was a direct-acting mutagen showing a large electron-spin resonance (ESR) signal in the presence of DNA, especially at alkaline pH.
(19) 4 Spread the rhubarb into the base of the prepared dish and spoon the batter on top.
(20) Once it has started to colour, divide between four plates, then top with the rhubarb and butter.