English Explanatory Dictionary

anacathartic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That produces vomiting.
noun
  1. Any medicine or substance that produces vomiting.

Word forms

anacathartic anacathartics

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνακαθαρτικός (anakathartikós, “to cleanse upward, i.e. by vomiting”). See cathartic.

Synonyms

emetic emetogenic emetogen vomitive vomitory

Related words

anacatharsis catharsis cathartic
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