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Cantharis :: Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine..

Massicot :: Massicot (n.) Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment..

Crocus :: Crocus (n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder..

Scammony :: Scammony (n.) An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic..

Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc..

Citharistic :: Citharistic (a.) Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara..

Lethargical :: Lethargical (a.) Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy..

Awake :: Awake (a.) Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic..

Physical :: Physical (a.) Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative..

Cathartic :: Cathartic (a.) Alt. of Catharica.

Tahr :: Tahr (n.) Same as Thar.

Rhamnus :: Rhamnus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.

Lithargyrum :: Lithargyrum (n.) Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales..

Carus :: Carus (n.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.

Meloe :: Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil..

Bear''s-foot :: Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic..

Castor Oil :: Castor oil () A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid..

Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..

Chanterelle :: Chanterelle (n.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous..

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