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Catharical
{
Ca-thar′tic
,
Ca-thar′ic-al
, }
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to cleanse, fr. [GREEK] 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.
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