Category:Purging

Pur"ging, a.

Defn: that purges; cleansing. Purging flax (bot.), an annual european Plant of the genus linum (l. catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so Called from its use as a cathartic medicine.

Purging Pur"ging, n. (med.)

Defn: the act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, Diarrhea.