superpurgation

English

Etymology

super- +‎ purgation

Noun

superpurgation (plural superpurgations)

1. excessive purgation
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Several Chirurgical Treatises:

     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.

References

“superpurgation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.