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Webster 1913 Edition

Catharical

{

Ca-thar′tic

,

Ca-thar′ic-al

, }

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to cleanse, fr. [GREEK] pure; akin to F.

chaste

.]

1.

(Med.)

Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.

2.

Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.