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cathartic

ca·thar·tic [ kə thrtik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. purifying: producing a feeling of being purified emotionally, spiritually, or psychologically as a result of an intense emotional experience or therapeutic technique
a film that had a truly cathartic effect on me

2. having purgative effect on bowels: describes a medicine that causes emptying of the bowels



noun  (plural ca·thar·tics)
Definition:
 
purgative medicine: a medicine that causes emptying of the bowels


ca·thar·ti·cal·ly adverb
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