an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
The process by which tumor cells are removed from the marrow or blood stem cell suspension that are to be used for an autologous transplant The stem cells used in an autologous transplant are obtained from a patient with leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma The patient is usually treated to induce a remission before the stem cells are harvested but some inapparent tumor cells are probably always present Purging is used to try to minimize the chance of returning tumor cells to the patient with the stem cells infusion after intensive and hopefully curative cytotoxic treatment is given
process by which certain types of cells are removed from bone marrow prior to infusion into the BMT patient In autologous BMTs, marrow may be purged to remove lingering cancerous cells In allogeneic BMTs, donor bone marrow may be purged to remove cells that cause graft-versus-host disease
The process of supplying an enclosure with a protective gas at a sufficient flow and positive pressure to reduce the concentration of any flammable gas or vapor initially present to an acceptable level
The forcing out of one color by another color or one type of resin by another resin prior to molding the new color or resin
The removal of classified or sensitive data from a storage medium in such a way that there is assurance, proportional to the sensitivity of the data, that the data may not be reconstructed using laboratory techniques
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
Flushing out of a cylinder, manifold or other equipment by flowing an inert gas through them to remove contamination, residues from previous gas service or air when handling pyrophoric gases
This function removes canceled or expired records from a file to make space available for new records Purge also reorganizes the files to increase system efficiency and compares and confirms inter-file data accuracy
The removal of sensitive data from an AIS at the end of a period of processing, including from AIS storage devices and other peripheral devices with storage capacity, in such a way that there is assurance proportional to the sensitivity of the data that the data may not be reconstructed through open-ended laboratory techniques An AIS must be disconnected from any external network before a purge
Pumping out well water to remove drilling debris or impurities; also conducted to bring fresh groundwater up into the casing for sample collection The latter is a means of collecting a representative water sample from the groundwater being investigated
A discharge from the deceased through the mouth, nose and ears of matter from the stomach and intestine caused by improper or ineffectual embalming, due to putrefaction
v To cleanse or to free from impurities; to rid of sin, guilt or defilement The body, the mind, and the spirit are all capable of purging, that is, they are each capable of the removal of impurities of substance, thought or emotions
To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization. The leadership voted to purge the party of `hostile and anti-party elements' He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service. Purge is also a noun. The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President
{i} cleansing; cleaning of excess files from a hard disk (Computers); erasing of a file without the option of canceling the erasure (Computers); diarrhetic drug, cathartic
an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"