1. 名詞
   cathartic複數: 瀉藥, 通便藥
   

例句

1. Efforts should be made to reduce reliance on laxatives and cathartics and introduce fiber in the form of psyllium or methylcellulose with adequate water intake.
2. When lead-containing materials are present in the gastrointestinal tract (as evidenced by abdominal X-rays), whole bowel irrigation, cathartics , endoscopy, or even surgical removal may be used to eliminate it from the gut and prevent further exposure.
3. We never witnessed as much effect from what is termed a change of heart, or from cathartics or alterative medicines, as we have seen follow the introduction of the science of being into the minds of the sinner, or the sick; like the little leaven, it leavens the whole lump.
4. (1) Routine use of a cathartic with activated charcoal is NOT recommended as there is no evidence that cathartics reduce drug absorption and cathartics are known to cause adverse effects such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, electrolyte imbalances and occasionally hypotension (Barceloux et al, 1997).
5. In order to cure these women he prescribed "cocaine solutions, saline cathartics , the surgical "liberation" of adherent clitorises, or even the administration of strychnine by hypodermic." Though he claimed that some of his patients were "cured" and became wives and mothers, one went insane and died in an asylum.