CATHARTIC


Meaning of CATHARTIC in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 effecting catharsis. 2 purgative.

n. a cathartic drug. cathartically adv.

[ LL catharticus f. Gk kathartikos (as CATHARSIS) ]

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