cathartic 音标拼音: [kəθ'ɑrtɪk]
n . 泻药,通便药
a . 通便的,导泻的
泻药,通便药通便的,导泻的
cathartic adj 1 :
emotionally purging [
synonym : {
cathartic },
{
psychotherapeutic }]
2 :
emotionally purging (
of e .
g .
art ) [
synonym : {
cathartic },
{
releasing }]
3 :
strongly laxative [
synonym : {
cathartic }, {
evacuant }, {
purgative }]
n 1 :
a purging medicine ;
stimulates evacuation of the bowels [
synonym : {
purgative }, {
cathartic }, {
physic }, {
aperient }]
Cathartic \
Ca *
thar "
tic \,
Catharical \
Ca *
thar "
ic *
al \,
a . [
Gr . ?,
fr . ?
to cleanse ,
fr . ?
pure ;
akin to F .
chaste .]
1 . (
Med .)
Cleansing the bowels ;
promoting evacuations by stool ;
purgative .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna ,
as cathartic acid .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cathartic \
Ca *
thar "
tic \,
n . [
Gr . ?.] (
Med .)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges ;
a purge ;
a purgative of moderate activity .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives ,
which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation ;
and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges ,
which cause profuse ,
repeated ,
and watery evacuations . -- {
Ca *
thar "
tic *
al *
ly },
adv . --
{
Ca *
thar "
tic *
al *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cathartic ":
abstergent ,
alleviating ,
alleviative ,
analgesic ,
anesthetic ,
anodyne ,
aperient ,
assuasive ,
balmy ,
balsamic ,
benumbing ,
carminative ,
cleaner ,
cleaning ,
cleaning agent ,
cleaning solvent ,
cleanser ,
cleansing ,
cleansing cream ,
cold cream ,
cream ,
deadening ,
demulcent ,
dentifrice ,
depurant ,
depurative ,
detergent ,
diuretic ,
dulling ,
easing ,
emetic ,
emollient ,
enema ,
expurgatory ,
holystone ,
laxative ,
lenitive ,
lotion ,
lustral ,
mitigating ,
mitigative ,
mouthwash ,
nauseant ,
numbing ,
pain -
killing ,
palliative ,
physic ,
pumice stone ,
purgative ,
purge ,
purging ,
purificatory ,
purifier ,
purifying ,
relieving ,
remedial ,
rinse ,
shampoo ,
soap ,
softening ,
solvent ,
soothing ,
subduing ,
synthetic detergent ,
tooth powder ,
toothpaste ,
wash
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