An`a*ca*thar"tic (#), a. [Gr. , fr. to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting; + . See Cathartic.] Med.

Producing vomiting or expectoration.

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n.

An anacatharic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.

 

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