cathartic English

Meaning cathartic meaning

What does cathartic mean?

cathartic

— adjective emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

— adjective emotionally purging

— adjective strongly laxative

— noun (= purgative) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

Synonyms cathartic synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as cathartic?

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purgative

laxative

psychotherapeutic

physic

aperient

releasing

purge

evacuant

purging

cathartical

Topics cathartic topics

What do people use cathartic to talk about?

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Medicine

• What are the names of particular types of medicine?
  analgesic antacid antibiotic antidote antihistamine antiseptic antitoxin aspirin barbiturate cathartic chloroquine drops eye drops emetic iodine immunization inoculation lozenge painkiller paregoric penicillin prophylactic purgative sedative sleeping pill stimulant sulfa tranquilizer transfusion Tylenol vaccine wine