Definition of purgation - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

évacuation

Dated

action de vider les intestins avec un médicament

Dated

Le médecin a prescrit une purgation avant l'opération.

dépuratif

évacuation

remède

Dated

médicament qui fait évacuer les intestins

Dated

Cette purgation naturelle à base de plantes est très efficace.

laxatif

purge

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Origin of purgation

latin, purgare (nettoyer)

Examples of purgation in a sentence

Une purgation rapide a soulagé le patient de ses douleurs.
Le médecin a prescrit une purgation après le repas.
Cette purgation agit rapidement sur l’organisme.

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English:purging, laxative, ...
German:Purgation, Abführmittel, ...
Italian:purgazione, purgante, ...
Spanish:purgación, purgante, ...
Portuguese:purgamento, purgante, ...
Chinese:泻药排毒, 泻药, ...
Japanese:下剤投与, 下剤, ...
Arabic:تطهير الأمعاء, المُسهِّل, ...
Hebrew:פּוּרְגַּטִיב, מְשַׁלְשֵׁל, ...
Russian:очищение кишечника, слабительное, ...
Ukrainian:пронос, проносне, ...
Catalan:purgació, purgant, ...
Danish:udrensning, afføringsmiddel, ...
Dutch:purgatie, laxeermiddel, ...
Greek:καθαρσία, καθαρτικό, ...
Hungarian:hashajtás, hashajtó, ...
Khmer:ការបញ្ចុះលាមក, ថ្នាំបញ្ចុះលាមក, ...
Korean:장 세척, 완하제, ...
Polish:purgacja, środek przeczyszczający, ...
Portuguese (BR):purgação, purgante, ...
Romanian:purgare, purgativ, ...
Swedish:purgering, laxermedel, ...
Thai:การล้างลำไส้, ยาถ่าย, ...
Turkish:purgasyon, purgatif, ...
Vietnamese:tẩy ruột, thuốc xổ, ...

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Definition of purgation - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

Origin of purgation

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