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Webster 1913 Edition


Eccritic

Ec-crit′ic

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] secretive, fr. [GREEK] to choose out.]
(Med.)
A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.

Definition 2024


eccritic

eccritic

English

Noun

eccritic (plural eccritics)

  1. (medicine) Any remedy that promotes discharges.
    Emetic and cathartic medicines are eccritics.