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anacathartic

anacathartic adjective: that produces vomiting.

Adjective

anacathartic (not comparable)

  1. (dated) That produces vomiting.
    Synonyms:
    emetic, emetogenic

Noun

anacathartic (plural anacathartics)

  1. (dated) Any medicine or substance that produces vomiting.

anacathartic meaning in Tamil

anacathartic in Tamil

வாந்தி மருந்து, குமட்டுகிற, வாந்தி எடுக்கத் தூண்டுகிற

Synonyms of anacathartic

Forms of anacathartic

pluralanacathartics

Origin of anacathartic

From Ancient Greek ἀνακαθαρτικός (anakathartikós, “to cleanse upward, i.e. by vomiting”). See cathartic.

Questions about anacathartic

What does anacathartic mean?
Anacathartic means that produces vomiting.
What is anacathartic in Tamil?
Anacathartic in Tamil is வாந்தி மருந்து, குமட்டுகிற, வாந்தி எடுக்கத் தூண்டுகிற. See Anacathartic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anacathartic?
Anacathartic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near anacathartic in the dictionary

  1. anacardic acids
  2. anacardium nut
  3. anacardium nuts
  4. anacardol
  5. anacatharsis
  6. anacathartic
  7. anacathartics
  8. anacaulase
  9. anacephalaeosis
  10. anacetrapib
  11. anacharis

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