evacuation; purgation
Refers to the act of purging or evacuating the bowels, often in a medical or physiological context. Can also be used figuratively for clearing out something unwanted.
The doctor urged the patient to have a bowel movement.
This medicine has a strong purgative effect.
下し (くだし) refers to purging or evacuation of the bowels, while 下ろし (おろし) uses different okurigana on the same kanji and means grating (as in daikon oroshi) or taking something down.
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laxative; purgative · loose bowels; diarrhea
laxative; purgative
deworming medicine; anthelmintic
vomiting and diarrhea
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Derived from the verb 下す (くだす, 'to purge, to evacuate'), with the nominalizing suffix し. The kanji 下 carries the meaning of 'down' or 'to let down', reflecting the downward movement associated with evacuation.