physic

• Substantiv, das ein Abführmittel oder eine Substanz bezeichnet, die den Stuhlgang fördert; veraltet auch für Heilkunde oder Medizin.

A noun referring to a purging medicine or substance that stimulates evacuation of the bowels.

1. Purging medicineC2formalmedical

   A medicine that stimulates evacuation of the bowels; a laxative or cathartic.

   Abführmittel

   • The doctor prescribed a mild physic to relieve the patient's constipation.
   • In the 18th century, taking a physic was a common remedy for many ailments.
   • He brewed a herbal physic from senna leaves.

   Synonymeaperientcatharticevacuantlaxativepurgativepurge