superpurgation

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noun

excessive purgation

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Meanings

nounsuperpurgation (plural superpurgations)

plural superpurgations

  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.

    1676, Richard Wiseman, Several Chirurgical Treatises

Origin

From super- + purgation.

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APA

superpurgation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superpurgation

MLA

“superpurgation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superpurgation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superpurgation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superpurgation.

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