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Synonyms for cathartic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh-thahr-tik
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈθɑr tɪk



Définition of cathartic

Origin :
  • 1610s, of medicines, from Latin catharticus, from Greek kathartikos "fit for cleansing, purgative," from katharsis "purging, cleansing" (see catharsis). General sense is from 1670s. Related: Cathartical.
  • adj purging
Example sentences :
  • Irritant, cathartic, stimulant, and antiseptic; one to one and a half pounds.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • Take a cathartic; notify the physician at once and follow his directions.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Dispensatory: Described as a cathartic with roots tonic and aperient.
  • Extract from : « The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees » by James Mooney
  • Emetic, cathartic with calomel; then sorbentia, chalybeates, Peruvian bark.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • From fifteen to twenty grains are an ordinary dose for a cathartic.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • Either a cathartic or an emetic will leave the system under some debility.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • This opinion is quite in advance of the annual cathartic cleansing.
  • Extract from : « Intestinal Ills » by Alcinous Burton Jamison
  • First, see that the bowels are loose—if not, a cathartic should be given.
  • Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
  • Such was their theory, after Louis got that cathartic, and rose from bed.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • When given as a medicine, the Cathartic is first received into the stomach.
  • Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland

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