Look up: cathartic

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   Cathartic
   A cathartic is a medicine which is capable of producing the second grade of purgation, of which a laxative is the first.
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   cathartic
   [adj] - emotionally purging 2. [adj] - emotionally purging (of e.g. art) 3. [adj] - strongly laxative
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   cathartic
   See laxative
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   Cathartic
   Laxative
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   cathartic
   induces violent purging of the body
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   Cathartic
   A powerful purgative or laxative, causing severe evacuation, with or without pain.
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   Cathartic
   Cathartic: A laxative.
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   Cathartic
   Ca·thar'tic noun [ Greek ....] (Medicine) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. » 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 evacu ...
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   cathartic
   <pharmacology> Medications, through their chemical effects, that serve to increase the clearing of intestinal contents. ... Synonym: laxative. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...
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    cathartic
    evacuant adjective strongly laxative
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    cathartic
    releasing adjective emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
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    cathartic
    adjective emotionally purging
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    Cathartic
    In medicine, a cathartic is a substance which `accelerates` defecation. This is in contrast to a laxative, which is a substance which `eases` defecation, usually by softening the stool. Cathartics such as sorbitol are sometimes used in response to poisoning. As an adjective, cathartic means psychotherapeutic or emotionally beneficial; viewing art or listening to music may be cathartic experiences.
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    cathartic
    (kә-thahr´tik) causing emptying of the bowels. an agent that so acts; called also evacuant and purgative. producing emotional catharsis. bulk cathartic one stimulating bowel evacuation by increasing fecal volume. lubricant cathartic ...
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    Cathartic
    • (a.) Alt. of Catharical • (n.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.
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    cathartic
    (from the article `laxative`) any drug used in the treatment of constipation to promote the evacuation of feces. Laxatives produce their effect by several mechanisms. Contact ... Contact purgatives include the anthraquinone derivatives (cascara, aloe, senna, and rhubarb), phenolphthalein, and ricinoleic acid (castor oil). ... [2 rela...
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    cathartic
    cathartic 1. From Greek, katharsis, through Late Latin catharticus; inducing catharsis; that is, purgative or cleansing. 2. A cathartic agent, especially a laxative.
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    cathartic
    cathartic (kuthär'tik) : see laxative.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09115