cathartic
(kă-thart′ik)
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[Gr. kathartikos, pert. to catharsis, purifying, cleansing]
1. Pert. to catharsis.
2. An agent that causes catharsis, esp. evacuation of the bowel, e.g., cascara sagrada, castor oil.
SEE: purgative
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Cathartic." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761026/all/cathartic.
Cathartic. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761026/all/cathartic. Accessed October 14, 2024.
Cathartic. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761026/all/cathartic
Cathartic [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 14]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761026/all/cathartic.
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