Superpurgation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    excessive purgation

    "Dr. Willis began to purge the Patient with the above-prescribed Bolus : but there happening thereupon a Superpurgation , he declined the repeating of that Purge."

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"Dr. Willis began to purge the Patient with the above-prescribed Bolus : but there happening thereupon a Superpurgation , he declined the repeating of that Purge."

Etymology

From super- + purgation.

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