Definify.com

Webster 1828 Edition

Anacathartic

ANACATHAR'TIC

,

Adj.

[Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.]

Throwing upwards; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, &c.

ANACATHAR'TIC

,

Noun.

A medicine which excites discharges by the mouth, or nose, as expectorants, emetics, sternutatories and masticatories.