LAPACTIC


Meaning of LAPACTIC in English

/leuh pak"tik/ , Med.

adj.

1. purgative; cathartic.

n.

2. a lapactic agent; purgative.

[ 1745-55; lapaktikós laxative, equiv. to lapak- (verbid s. of lapássein to evacuate) + -tikos -TIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .