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  • 52castor oil — A fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Ricinus communis (family Euphorbiaceae); a purgative. aromatic c. contains cinnamon oil 3, clove oil 1, vanillin 1, saccharin 0.5, alcohol 30, in c. to make 1000; a cathartic. * * * castor oil n …

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  • 53laxative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. physic, cathartic, purgative, eliminant; enema, irrigation, cleansing. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. relaxing, loosening, opening, freeing, unbinding, purgative, purging, diarrheic,… …

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  • 54evacuant — adjective strongly laxative • Syn: ↑cathartic, ↑purgative • Similar to: ↑laxative • Derivationally related forms: ↑purgative (for: ↑purgative), ↑ …

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  • 55katharsis — noun 1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions • Syn: ↑catharsis, ↑abreaction • Derivationally related forms: ↑abreact (for: ↑abreaction), ↑cathartic …

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  • 56Aestheticization of violence — The aestheticization of violence in high culture art or mass media is the depiction of or references to violence in what Indiana University film studies professor Margaret Bruder calls a stylistically excessive , significant and sustained way.… …

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  • 57rhubarb — /rooh bahrb/, n. 1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Rheum, of the buckwheat family, as R. officinale, having a medicinal rhizome, and R. rhabarbarum, having edible leafstalks. 2. the rhizome of any medicinal species of this plant,… …

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  • 58senna — /sen euh/, n. 1. any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers. 2. any of various cathartic drugs consisting of the dried leaflets of certain of these plants, as …

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  • 59Salt — In medicine, salt usually refers to sodium chloride, table salt, used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. Salt is found in the earth and in sea water and is isolated by evaporation and crystallization from sea water and other… …

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  • 60colocynth — The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus colcynthis (family Cucurbitaceae), an herb of the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, resembling somewhat the watermelon plant; formerly widely used as a cathartic and laxative. SYN: bitter apple. [G. kolokynthe …

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