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Cathartic

Cathartic Meaning & Definition
Cathartic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cathartic?

[n] a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[adj] strongly laxative
[adj] emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
[adj] emotionally purging

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cathartic: aperient | emotional | evacuant | healthful | laxative | physic | psychotherapeutic | purgative | purgative | releasing

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cathartic: abstergent | alleviating | alleviative | analgesic | anesthetic | anodyne | aperient | assuasive | balmy | balsamic | benumbing | carminative | cleaner | cleaning | cleaning agent | cleaning solvent | cleanser | cleansing | cleansing cream | cold cream | cream | deadening | demulcent | dentifrice | depurant | depurative | detergent | diuretic | dulling | easing | emetic | emollient | enema | expurgatory | holystone | laxative | lenitive | lotion | lustral | mitigating | mitigative | mouthwash | nauseant | numbing | pain-killing | palliative | physic | pumice stone | purgative | purge | purging | purificatory | purifier | purifying | relieving | remedial | rinse | shampoo | soap | softening | solvent | soothing | subduing | synthetic detergent | tooth powder | toothpaste | wash

See Also | aloes | bitter aloes | castor oil | Epsom salts | laxative | magnesium hydroxide | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine | milk of magnesia | Rochelle powder | Seidlitz powder | Seidlitz powders

Cathartic In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.] 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.
\Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- {Ca*thar"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*thar"tic*al*ness}, n.

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