Agents that are used to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
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Examples for "cathartic "
Examples for "cathartic "
1 Shooting the role was exhausting and cathartic , particularly given Douglas's own circumstances.
2 So yes, it was very cathartic in that way, the actor said.
3 However, changing our perspective may be a helpful and a cathartic move.
4 And yes, the actual writing of the book itself was extremely cathartic .
5 There is extreme violence, but it's cathartic and secondary to the characterisation.
1 There is no evidence of which I am cognizant in favor of purgatives .
2 The use of castor oil and other strong purgatives do not interrupt it.
3 Nothing seemed to benefit him, and purgatives only augmented his trouble.
4 Similarly, long-continued administration of strong purgatives tends to make them a permanent necessity.
5 There are certain cases in which purgatives are alleged to be of use, viz.
1 Pity and terror, says Aristotle in his Poetics, are the soul's cathartics .
2 In actual medical supplies, we had plenty of quinine and cathartics .
3 The use of cathartics is dangerous, for they may excite superpurgation.
4 Salines should not be allowed, or other cathartics which cause profuse watery discharges.
5 Castor oil, calomel, and other frequently-used cathartics should never be used in simple constipation.
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Translations for bowel evacuants