Arabic · noun · The Heart & the Body

Istifragh

इस्तिफ़राग़

said is-tif-RAAGH

also written: istifragh, istifraagh

Meaning

Evacuation; the therapeutic expulsion of corrupt humours by purging, vomiting or bleeding.

Related words

Venesection, bloodletting; the lancing of a vein to draw blood and rebalance the humours.

A purgative or laxative medicine that loosens the bowels to expel morbid humours.

Vomit; the act of vomiting.