Cathartic: alternatives and connections

Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

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Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

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Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

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Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

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Having a tendency to loosen or relax.

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Having a tendency to loosen or relax.

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of Aloe

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A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.

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Alt. of salt

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Having a tendency to loosen or relax.

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Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

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The act or process of medicating.

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The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

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A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

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Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

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Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.

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The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.

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Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.

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of Release

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