cathartic

suomi-englanti sanakirja

cathartic englannista suomeksi

1. katarttinen

2. ulostusaine, laksatiivi

3. ulostuksen aikaansaava

1. katarttinen, vapauttava

1. Substantiivi

2. laksatiivi, ulostusaine, ulostuslääke

cathartic englanniksi

1. Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.

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2. That which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience.

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4. A laxative.

5. (quote-book)|translator=Charles W. Chauncy|title=Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Carey, Lea & Blnachard|page=(gbooks)|passage=The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.

6. (quote-book)|year=2022|publisher=The University of North Carolina Press|location=Chapel Hill|isbn=978-1-4696-7126-0|passage=As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process.

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