(n) Allamanda cathartica, See Also: cathartica, a flowering plant, Allamanda catharteca, willow-leaved climber, Syn. บานบุรีเหลือง, ต้นบานบุรี, Example:ที่รั้วข้างมหาวิทยาลัยมีต้นบานบุรีออกดอกสีเหลืองเป็นแถวไปตลอด, Unit:ต้น, ดอก, Thai Definition:ไม้พุ่มรอเลื้อยชนิด Allamanda cathartica Linn. ในวงศ์ Apocynaceae ลำต้นแข็ง ปลายกิ่งอ่อนโค้ง ดอกสีเหลืองสด

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates] CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

cathartic

/K AH0 TH AA1 R T IH0 K/ /เขอะ ต๊า (ร) ถิ ขึ/

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

cathartic

(n) /kəθˈɑːtɪk/ /เขอะ ต๊า ถิ ขึ/ /k @1 th aa1 t i k/

cathartics

(n) /kəθˈɑːtɪks/ /เขอะ ต๊า ถิ ขึ สึ/ /k @1 th aa1 t i k s/

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

cathartic

(adj) emotionally purging, Syn. psychotherapeutic

cathartic

(adj) emotionally purging (of e.g. art), Syn. releasing

cathartic

(adj) strongly laxative, Syn. purgative, evacuant

common allamanda

(n) vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers, Syn. golden trumpet, Allamanda cathartica

purgative

(n) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels, Syn. physic, cathartic, aperient

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

anacathartic

a. [ Gr. 'anakaqartiko`s, fr. 'anakaqai`rein to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting; 'ana` + kaqai`rein. See Cathartic. ] 1. (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

anacathartic

n. (Med.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

Catharical

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to cleanse, fr. &unr_; pure; akin to F. chaste. ] 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cathartic

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations.

-- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cato-cathartic

n. [ Gr. &unr_; down + &unr_; serving to purge. See Cathartic. ] (Med.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges. [ 1913 Webster ]

Emeto-cathartic

a. [ Gr. &unr_; vomiting + E. cathartic. ] (Med.) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

瀉剤

[しゃざい, shazai] (n) cathartic; purgative; laxative

瀉薬

[しゃやく, shayaku] (n) (See 瀉剤) cathartic; purgative; laxative

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

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