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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to do, act: cf. F.

drastique

. See

(Med.)

Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; – opposed to

bland

;

as,

drastic

purgatives

–

Noun.

(Med.)

A violent purgative. See

Adj.

[Gr., to make.] Powerful; acting with strength or violence; efficacious; as a drastic cathartic.