English Explanatory Dictionary

anticathartic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In no way causing or inducing catharsis.
  2. Acting as the opposite of a cathartic, preventing purging.
noun
  1. A drug that acts as the opposite of a cathartic, inhibiting purging.

Word forms

anticathartic more anticathartic most anticathartic anticathartics

Etymology

From anti- + cathartic.

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