eliminative

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At the other extreme are so-called eliminative materialists, who question whether anything is really conscious, including humans.

From Scientific American • Dec. 4, 2017

The U.S. was told what his wife read to him, what music he heard and how it was with his eliminative processes.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the organism is loaded to the danger point with morbid matter, it may arouse itself in self-defense to an acute eliminative effort in the shape of cold, catarrh, fever, inflammation, skin eruption, etc.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

To interfere with the eliminative function of the skin by absolutely clogging the pores for a period of several hours means death.

From Vitality Supreme by Macfadden, Bernarr

I will simply relate a case illustrative of the eliminative effects of galvanic baths.

From The Electric Bath by Schweig, George M.