Definition of Cathartics. Meaning of Cathartics. Synonyms of Cathartics

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Cathartics. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Cathartics and, of course, Cathartics synonyms and on the right images related to the word Cathartics.

Definition of Cathartics

Cathartic
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. 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.
Cathartic
Cathartic Ca*thar"tic, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. 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.

Meaning of Cathartics from wikipedia

- be both a laxative and a cathartic. However, agents such as psyllium seed husks increase the bulk of the ****. Cathartics such as sorbitol, magnesium...
- evacuation of the catamenia ("monthlies", menstrual fluid). Similarly, a cathartic is a substance that accelerates the defecation of faeces. The first recorded...
- types of cathartics used in poisoned patients; saline cathartics (sodium sulfate, magnesium citrate, magnesium sulfate) and saccharide cathartics (sorbitol)...
- Freeman, Jon (July 21, 2021). "Brandi Carlile Previews New Album With Cathartic Song 'Right on Time'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July...
- 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018. "Why Starring in "The Prom" Was "Incredibly Cathartic" for Ariana DeBose". Oprah Daily. December 23, 2020. Archived from the...
- Fingscheidt-Directed Addiction Recovery Story 'The Outrun': "It Was Incredibly Cathartic" – Sundance Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on...
- Raquel 'Rocky' (May 15, 2024). "'The Boys' Star Jack Quaid Says It Was Cathartic to Explore Hughie's 'Core Trauma' and 'Campbell Family Chaos' in Season...
- Whedon usually directed episodes from his own scripts that held the most cathartic moments in Buffy's story. The series received numerous awards and nominations...
- will eventually culminate in the primal screams of 'Cold Turkey' and the cathartic John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band." Music critic Robert Christgau called this...
- wins us over immediately, but sustains attention all the way through the cathartic closing reels. In 2014, she was Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Bullock...