physic

• Substantivo que designa um laxante, ou seja, uma substância ou medicamento que estimula a evacuação intestinal. Em uso arcaico, também pode designar a arte de curar ou a medicina.

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.

   Laxante

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaperientcatharticevacuantlaxativepurgativepurge