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purgative sentence examples

  • The oil contained in the seeds is a drastic purgative.
  • Purgative properties of the vegetable.
  • The root is strongly purgative ( lewis & elvin-lewis 1977 ).
  • The use of the bark as a strong purgative dates back to hippocrates, but is rarely used nowadays.
  • Purgative action of the bark.
  • This would include potions and lotions of lead and mercury, or powerful purgatives to make you vomit or give you diarrhea.
  • Purgative effect and got rid of his rage and grief.
  • Beforehand, you have to drink a saline purgative.
  • Purgative qualities.
  • These too are a mild purgative, but they dont drop as readily as honeysuckle berries.
  • Purgative medicine in the british pharmacopeia.

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