Cathartic - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: catharticBears foot
A species of hellebore Helleborus foeligtidus with digitate leaves It has an offensive smell and acrid taste and is a powerful emetic cathartic and anthelmintic...
Bryonin
A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony Bryonia alba and Bryonia dioica It is a white or slightly colored substance and is emetic and cathartic...
Bryony
The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia The root of Bryonia alba rough bryony or white bryony and of Bryonia dioica is a strong irritating cathartic...
Cascara sagrada
Holy bark the bark of the California buckthorn Rhamnus Purshianus used as a mild cathartic or laxative called also cascara...
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...
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...
Cathartic
Cleansing the bowels promoting evacuations by stool purgative...
cathartin
The bitter purgative principle of senna It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid called also cathartic acid and cathartina...
Cato cathartic
A remedy that purges by alvine discharges...
chittamwood
a shrubby tree of the U S Pacific coast Rhamnus purshianus or Rhamnus purshiana whose bark is the cascara sagrada used as a mild cathartic or laxative...
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