0 the act of getting rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them : --
1 the act of getting rid of something unwanted, harmful, or evil: --
2 the act of getting rid of food from your body, for example in order to stop yourself gaining weight, either by making yourself vomit or by using laxatives (= substances that make it easier for waste from the body to come out): --
Purging inbreeding depression and the probability of extinction : full-sib mating.
Purging the genetic load: a review of the experimental evidence.
The nature of our sources may account for this silence : martyrs and confessors, through their sufferings, were purging themselves of their sins in this world.
However, this is not an effective way to detect purging because the non-linearity is not strong if only a small proportion of load is purged.
It is possible that other populations may have experienced purging but that the model failed to detect it.
For example, gene flow between populations with different mating systems could affect the rate at which purging might occur.
Thus, the correlation between bingeing and cortisol may in fact reflect a correlation between purging and cortisol.
Purging episodes score=primary purging behaviour (episodes of vomiting, or laxative, diuretic or enema/suppository misuse).
