depurator
(ˈdɛpjʊreɪtə(r))
[agent-n. f. depurate v. on Latin analogies.]
An agent or apparatus that purifies or cleanses; spec. see quot. 1874.
| 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. 159 Similar to what devolves upon the larves of certain insects, with regard to stagnant waters, they may be depurators. 1858 Simmonds, Depurator, a French machine for cleansing and preparing cotton for spinning. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech., Depurator, an apparatus to assist the expulsion of morbid matter by means of the excretory ducts of the skin..The depurator is described in Nathan Smith's English patent, 1802. 1885 Alien. & Neurol. Oct. 540 The remedies indicated..are chiefly depurators and nutrients. |