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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•thar•tic /kəˈθɑrtɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Drugsof or relating to catharsis:After the death of his children he returned to his work and found it cathartic.
- Drugscausing the bowels to relax and to empty:cathartic medicine.
n. [countable] - Drugsa strongly laxative medicine.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•thar•tic (kə thär′tik),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to catharsis.
- DrugsAlso, ca•thar′ti•cal. evacuating the bowels;
purgative.
n. - a purgative.
- Greek kathartikós fit for cleansing. See catharsis, -tic
- Late Latin catharticus
- 1605–15
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged laxative, physic.
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