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cathartic
(encz) | cathartic,čistící adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
cathartic
(encz) | cathartic,čistící lék n: [med.] Jiří Šmoldas |
cathartic
(encz) | cathartic,očistný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cathartic
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.]
1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by
stool; purgative.
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2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as
cathartic acid.
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Cathartic
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a
purgative of moderate activity.
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Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action
that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency
to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint
that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated,
and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. --
Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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cathartic
(wn) | cathartic
adj 1: emotionally purging [syn: cathartic,
psychotherapeutic]
2: emotionally purging (of e.g. art) [syn: cathartic,
releasing]
3: strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant, purgative]
n 1: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient] |
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anacathartic
(gcide) | anacathartic \an`a*ca*thar"tic\
([a^]n`[.a]*k[.a]*th[aum]r"t[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'anakaqartiko`s,
fr. 'anakaqai`rein to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting;
'ana` + kaqai`rein. See Cathartic.]
1. (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. [archaic]
[1913 Webster + AS]anacathartic \an`a*ca*thar"tic\
([a^]n`[.a]*k[.a]*th[aum]r"t[i^]k), n. (Med.)
An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.
[archaic]
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Cathartic
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.]
1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by
stool; purgative.
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2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as
cathartic acid.
[1913 Webster]Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a
purgative of moderate activity.
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Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action
that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency
to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint
that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated,
and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. --
Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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cathartic acid
(gcide) | cathartin \ca*thar"tin\, n. (Chem.)
The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside
with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic
acid}, and cathartina.
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Cathartically
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a
purgative of moderate activity.
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Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action
that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency
to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint
that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated,
and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. --
Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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Catharticalness
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a
purgative of moderate activity.
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Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action
that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency
to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint
that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated,
and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. --
Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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Cato-cathartic
(gcide) | Cato-cathartic \Cat`o-ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ? down + ? serving
to purge. See Cathartic.] (Med.)
A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.
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Emeto-cathartic
(gcide) | Emeto-cathartic \Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic\, a. [Gr. ? vomiting + E.
cathartic.] (Med.)
Producing vomiting and purging at the same time. Emeu |
Linum catharticum
(gcide) | Purging \Pur"ging\, a.
That purges; cleansing.
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Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus
Linum (Linum catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so
called from its use as a cathartic medicine.
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Rhamnus catharticus
(gcide) | French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL.
franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis,
franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and
cf. Frankish.]
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
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French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
vulgaris}).
French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
(Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
purple pigment.
French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
Window.
French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
Bear's-ear.
French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
freely.
French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
(H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
French pie [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie
a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
(Zool.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes
major}); -- called also wood pie.
French polish.
(a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
shellac with other gums added.
(b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
above.
French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
mordants. --Ure.
French red rouge.
French rice, amelcorn.
French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
French window. See under Window.
[1913 Webster]Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. saep; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi;
of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to
be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. Sapid,
Sapient.]
1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending
and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to
nutrition.
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Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of
which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the
elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant.
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2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
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3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang]
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Sap ball (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus.
See Polyporus.
Sap green, a dull light green pigment prepared from the
juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus catharticus, or
buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.
Sap rot, the dry rot. See under Dry.
Sap sucker (Zool.), any one of several species of small
American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus,
especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({Sphyrapicus
varius}) of the Eastern United States. They are so named
because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the
sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers.
Sap tube (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.
[1913 Webster]Rhamnus \Rham"nus\, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly
shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California
Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus
are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
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Sal catharticus
(gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
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Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
Absinthium}).
Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
ammonia}.
Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.),
potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
alkaline.
Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
-- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt,
under Microcosmic.
Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st
Prunella.
Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
acid.
Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
sulphate.
Sal volatile. [NL.]
(a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
(b) Spirits of ammonia.
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allamanda cathartica
(wn) | Allamanda cathartica
n 1: vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having
glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers [syn:
common allamanda, golden trumpet, {Allamanda
cathartica}] |
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