Dras"tic (?), a. [Gr. , fr. to do, act: cf. F. drastique. See Drama.] Med.
Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives.
n. Med.
A violent purgative. See Cathartic.
© Webster 1913.
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