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adjectivestrongly laxative
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nouna purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowelstype of:
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adjectiveemotionally purging
Similar:
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adjectiveemotionally purging (of e.g. art)
Definition that contains cathartic
- laxative a mild cathartic
- calomel a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
- catharsis purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- purgation purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- cassia roxburghii East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
- croton oil viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
- seidlitz powder an effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic
- tinnevelly senna erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
- horse cassia East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
- cassia acutifolia erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia