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cathartic 音标拼音: [kəθ'ɑrtɪk] n. 泻药,通便药
a. 通便的,导泻的 泻药,通便药通便的,导泻的 cathartic adj 1: emotionally purging [ synonym: { cathartic}, { psychotherapeutic}] 2: emotionally purging ( of e. g. art) [ synonym: { cathartic}, { releasing}] 3: strongly laxative [ synonym: { cathartic}, { evacuant}, { purgative}] n 1: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels [ synonym: { purgative}, { cathartic}, { physic}, { aperient}] Cathartic \ Ca* thar" tic\, Catharical \ Ca* thar" ic* al\, a. [ Gr. ?, fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.] 1. ( Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. [ 1913 Webster]
Cathartic \ Ca* thar" tic\, n. [ Gr. ?.] ( Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [ 1913 Webster] Note: 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 evacuations. -- { Ca* thar" tic* al* ly}, adv. -- { Ca* thar" tic* al* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 67 Moby Thesaurus words for " cathartic": abstergent, alleviating, alleviative, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, aperient, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, carminative, cleaner, cleaning, cleaning agent, cleaning solvent, cleanser, cleansing, cleansing cream, cold cream, cream, deadening, demulcent, dentifrice, depurant, depurative, detergent, diuretic, dulling, easing, emetic, emollient, enema, expurgatory, holystone, laxative, lenitive, lotion, lustral, mitigating, mitigative, mouthwash, nauseant, numbing, pain- killing, palliative, physic, pumice stone, purgative, purge, purging, purificatory, purifier, purifying, relieving, remedial, rinse, shampoo, soap, softening, solvent, soothing, subduing, synthetic detergent, tooth powder, toothpaste, wash
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