ANACATHAR'TIC, adjective [Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.] Throwing upwards; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, etc. ANACATHAR'TIC, noun A medicine which excites discharges by the mouth, or nose, as expectorants, emetics, sternutatories and masticatories.
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