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cathartics

cathartics is the plural of cathartic.

Meaning of cathartic

Noun

cathartic (plural cathartics)

  1. A laxative.
    • 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.1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 165

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Questions about cathartics

What is cathartics the plural of?
Cathartics is the plural of cathartic.

Words near cathartics in the dictionary

  1. cathartical
  2. cathartically
  3. catharticals
  4. cathartick
  5. catharticks
  6. cathartics
  7. cathartid
  8. cathartids
  9. cathartiform
  10. cathartiforms
  11. cathartin

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