cathartic

  • 41Cath — cathartic; catheter, catheterize * * * cath abbr 1) cathartic 2) catheter; catheterization 3) cathode cath kath vt to insert a catheter into: subj …

    Medical dictionary

  • 42Cathartically — Cathartic Ca*thar tic, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [1913 Webster] Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 43Catharticalness — Cathartic Ca*thar tic, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [1913 Webster] Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44СРЕДСТВО КАТАРТИЧЕСКОЕ — (cathartic) см. Средство слабительное …

    Толковый словарь по медицине

  • 45Cath — • cathartic; • catheter, catheterize …

    Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • 46medicine —   Lā au, lā au lapa au, wai lā au, hālalo.   Various kinds of medicine: apu, lā au hānō, lā au moe, lā au ho omoe, lā au ho ohiamoe, lā au ho onahā, lā au ho opā, lā au ho opi i, lā au ho opi ipi i, lā au ho opūhi u, hālalo po i, aikūpele, ehu,… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 47Catharsis — ( gr. ) is a Greek word meaning purification , cleansing or clarification. It is derived from the infinitive gr. transliterated as kathairein to purify, purge, and adjective gr. katharos pure or clean. Dramaturgical usesThe term in drama refers… …

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  • 48Laxative — Something that loosens the bowels. Used to combat constipation (and sometimes overused, producing diarrhea). The word “laxative” comes from the Latin “laxare” meaning “to open, widen, extend, release.” * * * 1. Mildly cathartic; having the action …

    Medical dictionary

  • 49Freudian Psychotherapy: Technique —    (1893–1930s).    The cathartic method of Breuer and Freud (1893, 1895). In an article for the Neurological Central Journal (Neurologisches Centralblatt), Freud and Josef Breuer (1842–1925) reported the case of a young female patient with… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

  • 50KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism