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Cathartic   /kəθˈɑrtɪk/   Listen
Cathartic

noun
1.
A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels.  Synonyms: aperient, physic, purgative.






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"Cathartic" Quotes from Famous Books



... were very costly, and the expense of it always came out of the physician's fee, it would really be a less objectionable arrangement than this other most pernicious one. He would naturally think twice before he gave an emetic or cathartic which evacuated his own pocket, and be sparing of the cholagogues that emptied the biliary ducts of his own wallet, unless he were sure they were needed. If there is any temptation, it should not be in favor of giving ...
— Medical Essays • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.



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