
Noah Webster
Anacathartic
ANACATHAR'TIC, adjective [Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.]
Throwing upwards; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, etc.
ANACATHAR'TIC, noun A medicine which excites discharges by the mouth, or nose, as expectorants, emetics, sternutatories and masticatories.