cathartic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).

The antidotes for nightshade poison are emetics, cathartics, and stimulants. — On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, Lina Beard
On this account, moreover, it is neither a canon of the understanding in general, nor an organon of a particular science, but merely a cathartic of the human understanding. — The Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant
It is sufficient, that the bowels be kept in a natural and healthy state; for all cathartics, even the mildest, have a tendency to nauseate the stomach, create debility, and weaken the digestive faculty. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck

purgative, physic, aperient

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