Ca-thär'tic1, a.
a. [Gr. καθαρτικός. See supra.]
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Cathartic
Ca-thär'tic2, n.
n. [Gr. καθαρτική. See supra.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges, and thus cleanses the stomach and bowels; a purge; a purgative. Dunglison.