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Webster 1913 Edition

Cathartic

Ca-thar′tic

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK].]

(Med.)

A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.

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Ca-thar′tic-al-ly

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adv.

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Ca-thar′tic-al-ness

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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cathartic

CATHARTIC

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