Synonyms for eliminative
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-lim-uh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt |
Définition of eliminative
Origin :- 1560s, from Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" (see ex-) + limine, ablative of limen "threshold" (see limit (n.)).
- Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795. Related: Eliminated; eliminating; eliminative; eliminatory.
- adj tending to eliminate
- It is a Catalytic, a special Sedative, and also an Eliminative.
- Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland
- To interfere with the eliminative function of the skin by absolutely clogging the pores for a period of several hours means death.
- Extract from : « Vitality Supreme » by Bernarr Macfadden
- Air baths are likewise valuable as a means of promoting activity in the eliminative function of the skin.
- Extract from : « Vitality Supreme » by Bernarr Macfadden
- Here Spencer recognised the eliminative and selective effect of struggle in mankind.
- Extract from : « Herbert Spencer » by J. Arthur Thomson
- Cathartics should be administered, and eliminative measures instituted such as the hot-blanket pack.
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- Thus the tendency of the eliminative faculty is step by step upwards, until the superfluities reach the mouth.
- Extract from : « On the Natural Faculties » by Galen
- Any material which is naturally eliminated would act as an eliminative medicine.
- Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland
- It should however be observed, that they are the most powerful and the most useful of all Eliminative medicines.
- Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland
- What we have to ascertain is, that the principle of selective secretion is generally applicable to Eliminative remedies.
- Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland
- Fourthly, Eliminative medicines may be of service by draining away from the blood fluid and solid matters.
- Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland
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