Noun (thing)
    
  
    Purgative  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        medication used to cause bowels to empty        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      As he had been constipated for almost 72 hours, the doctor gave him a purgative.