purging.
(Of thelat. )( purgatio, - onis).
1. f. action and effect of purging or purged.
2. f. blood naturally evacuate women every month, and after having given birth.
3. f. mucous flow of a membrane, mainly of the urethra. U m. in pl.
4. f. Der. Refutation of notes or signs that inculpan someone.
