lapactic

[ luh-pak-tik ]

adjective
  1. purgative; cathartic.

noun
  1. a lapactic agent; purgative.

Origin of lapactic

1
1745–55; <Greek lapaktikós laxative, equivalent to lapak- (verbid stem of lapássein to evacuate) + -tikos-tic

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