cathartic
21cathartic — I. a. Purgative, evacuant, abstergent, cleansing. II. n. Purge, purgative, physic, purgative medicine …
22cathartic — adj 1. purgative, purging, Med. lapac tic, cleansing, cleaning, detergent, abstergent, abstersive; purifying, purificatory, depurative, ablutionary, lustrate, lustral; laxative, Med. aperient, carminative, emetic, vomitory; expurgatory, censorial …
23cathartic — ca·thar·tic …
24cathartic — n.; see laxative …
25cathartic — UK [kəˈθɑː(r)tɪk] / US [kəˈθɑrtɪk] adjective allowing you to express strong feelings that have been affecting you so that they do not upset you any longer …
26cathartic — ca•thar•tic [[t]kəˈθɑr tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pha of or pertaining to catharsis 2) pha Also, ca•thar′ti•cal. evacuating the bowels; purgative 3) pha a purgative • Etymology: 1605–15; < LL catharticus < Gk kathartikós fit for cleansing …
27cathartic — Something which is used to clean one s bowels …
28cathartic — /kəˈθatɪk/ (say kuh thahtik) adjective 1. Also, cathartical. inducing catharsis. 2. evacuating the bowels; purgative. –noun 3. a purgative. {Latin catharticus, from Greek kathartikos fit for cleansing, purgative} …
29cathartic — Lā au ho onahā. See medicine …
30cathartic colitis — colitis due to chronic laxative abuse …