Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun More purgation than is sufficient.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Excessive purgation.
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- noun
excessive purgation
Etymologies
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Examples
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These terrors were proved false by the result; and to the great astonishment of all engaged in financial matters, the payments were made without difficulty, credit rose, loans were eagerly caught at, and during all the time this "superpurgation" lasted, the balance of exchange was in favor of France.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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During the period of this superpurgation, the course of exchange, an infallible measure of the circulating of money, was in our favor.
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'In the year 1862, from the groom's indiscreet use of physic, superpurgation was brought on which caused the animal's death.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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Neither arecolin nor eserin can cause superpurgation.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Because superpurgation may be followed by laminitis, the advisability of using the active hypodermic cathartics is questioned.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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However, the administration of physics should be given with great care so as not to produce superpurgation of the bowels (scours), as physics in this condition would tend to weaken the animal.
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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Laminitis ( "founder") is a frequent sequel of superpurgation and is to be guarded against by removing the shoes and standing the horse on moist sawdust or some similar bedding.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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There is always danger of superpurgation if a physic is given to a horse suffering from diseases of the respiratory organs.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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The use of cathartics is dangerous, for they may excite superpurgation.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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It is given in cases of superpurgation, united with opium, chalk, and powdered gum.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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