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Work :: Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic..

Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..

Gamboge :: Gamboge (n.) A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic..

Purgative :: Purgative (n.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.

Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..

Castor Oil :: Castor oil () 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..

Physical :: Physical (a.) Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative..

Purge :: Purge (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic..

Elaterium :: Elaterium (n.) A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium)..

Hydragogue :: Hydragogue (n.) A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic..

Cathartin :: Cathartin (n.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina..

Bryonin :: Bryonin (n.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic..

Drastic :: Drastic (n.) A violent purgative. See Cathartic.

Senna :: Senna (n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine..

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine..

Evacuative :: Evacuative (a.) Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.

Purgament :: Purgament (n.) A cathartic; a purgative.

Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic..

Physic :: Physic (n.) Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic..

Glauber''s Salts :: Glauber's salts () Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called salts..

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