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anacathartic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
anacathar-tic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That produces vomiting.

Dated

noun

Any medicine or substance that produces vomiting.

Dated

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνακαθαρτικός (anakathartikós, “to cleanse upward, i.e. by vomiting”). See cathartic.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἀνακαθαρτικός

Usage

Inflected Forms

anacathartics (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

anacatharsis catharsis cathartic

Synonyms

emetic emetogenic emetogen vomitive vomitory

Questions

What does anacathartic mean?
That produces vomiting.
Where does anacathartic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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