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.

Definition 2024

anacathartic

anacathartic

English

Noun

anacathartic ‎(plural anacathartics)

  1. An expectorant or emetic medicine.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] ‎(“to cleanse upward, i.e. by vomiting”). See cathartic.

Similar Results