cathartic

名词 cathartic:

1. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
   同义词：purgative, physic, aperient

形容词 cathartic:

1. emotionally purging
   同义词：psychotherapeutic
2. emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
   同义词：releasing
3. strongly laxative
   同义词：evacuant, purgative

ca.thar.tic

adj.（形容词）
Inducing catharsis; purgative.
利泻的；通便的
n.（名词）
An agent for purging the bowels, especially a laxative.
泻药：通肠的动力物质，尤指泻药

来源：
Late Latin catharticus
后期拉丁语 catharticus
from Greek kathartikos
源自 希腊语 kathartikos
from kathairein [to purge] * see catharsis
源自 kathairein [使畅通] *参见 catharsis