cathartic

1. a. Alt. of Catharical Source: opted

2. n. A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. Source: opted

3. adj. emotionally purging Source: wordnet

4. adj. emotionally purging (of e.g. art) Source: wordnet

5. adj. strongly laxative Source: wordnet

6. n. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Source: wordnet

7. 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. 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. Source: webster

8. A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; apurgative of moderate activity. Source: adambom

9. j:100 s. emotionally purging s. emotionally purging (of e.g. art) s. strongly laxative Source: ecdict

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