anticathartic

== English == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ cathartic. === Adjective === anticathartic (comparative more anticathartic, superlative most anticathartic) (literature) In no way causing or inducing catharsis. (medicine) Acting as the opposite of a cathartic, preventing purging. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === anticathartic (plural anticathartics) (medicine) A drug that acts as the opposite of a cathartic, inhibiting purging.