Cathartic Common

Cathartic has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions

Noun

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

purgative cathartic physic aperient

A laxative.

Adjective

emotionally purging

cathartic psychotherapeutic

emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

cathartic releasing

strongly laxative

cathartic evacuant purgative

Purgative; inducing (mental or physical) catharsis

See Also

evacuation anticathartic asarabacca purgative cascara sagrada psychotherapeutic hydragogue culver's root

Related Terms

evacuation anticathartic asarabacca purgative cascara sagrada psychotherapeutic hydragogue culver's root azedarach podophyllum colocynth jalap uncathartic laxative emetocathartic cathartical purger emotional bear's foot hiera picra

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

medicine

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

aloes castor oil Epsom salts laxative milk of magnesia Seidlitz powder

Rhyming Words

tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic

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